Original 1944 Watercolor Painting Irene Phillips Muncaster Tulsa OK Art Framed For Sale

Mid-Century Original Floral Watercolor Still Life, authentic 1944 original watercolor painting by listed regional artist Irene Phillips Muncaster. This piece features a vibrant pair of Cattleya orchids in a glossy dark ceramic vase, set against a beautifully feathered pastel-green background. The painting showcases exceptional technique with transparent watercolors, capturing the delicate textures and ruffled layers of the orchid petals with remarkable depth.

• Original watercolor on heavy artist paper.
• Signed and dated with watercolors in lower right: \"Irene Phillips Muncaster 1944\"
• Bronze tone metal frame is roughly 18 x 15 inches.
• The watercolor is 13 x 11, under original double mats. No Glass.
• Original framer’s label on reverse fromTulsa, Oklahoma, anchoring the painting to the mid-century Oklahoma art community.
• Painting and mats are in great vintage condition. Contemporary metal frame is like new.

About the ArtistIrene Phillips Muncaster was an American regional still-life and botanical painter active in the Mid-Century Oklahoma and Southwestern art communities. Muncaster was part of a thriving network of local fine artists, educators, and art guilds that flourished during the state\'s mid-century economic boom. She specialized in traditional transparent watercolor mediums. Her portfolio is defined by delicate, texturally accurate botanical and floral works that captured the intricate, feathered petals of exotic specimen flowers like orchids. Today, her mid-century works are highly prized by collectors of Oklahoma Regionalism and period American botanical art.