Signed lower right: Kelly Fearing

Private collection, Fort Worth.

Kelly Fearing (American, 1918-2011) "Untitled" (Avenging Angel) Mixed media on paper 13-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (34.3 x 26.7 cm) (sight) Signed lower right: Kelly Fearing PROVENANCE: Private collection, Fort Worth. When looking back at the life of William Kelly Fearing, some familiar sayings apply. One of them is: He marched to a different drummer. His earliest aspirations pointed him toward a life in fine art, but also to a career in gymnastics, dancing, and professional ballet. Another is: He did it his way. Fearing taught art at the University of Texas at Austin for forty years, retiring in 1987. Afterward, his career as a painter and printmaker continued uninterrupted almost until his death. A third saying, courtesy of George Bernard Shaw, may describe Fearing's outlook the best: Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say, why not. In a voluminous oeuvre of drawings, paintings, and prints, Kelly Fearing allowed us into his private realm--a place that straddled a physical world we recognize, and a harmonious, unseen dimension that we hope, and suspect is there. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

Framed under glass. Buckling throughout the sheet. Small dot of foxing along the upper center margin. Framed Dimensions 18.5 X 15.5 Inches