Lot 1412: Victor Coleman Anderson (American/Texas, 1882)

Victor Coleman Anderson (American/Texas, 1882-1937), "The Last Veteran", oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled and inscribed "M.P. Howe Gallery" en verso, 18 in. x 14 in., period frame. Provenance: Private Collection, Memphis, TN Note: [Well known painter and illustrator] Victor C. Anderson studied at the Pratt Institute with landscape artist Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York. His father Frank Anderson was a Hudson River painter, who passed away when his son was only eight years old. Anderson spent the early 1930s living and working in Texas. As an illustrator, he worked for the print publications: Life, Woman's Home Companion, Collier's and The Ladies Home Journal.