EXCEPTIONAL Athos Menaboni Georgia Moonshiner WPA Regionalist Painting c. 1935

This listing is for the Exceptional Athos Menaboni Georgia Moonshiner WPA Regionalist Painting c. 1935 pictured above.About this work:An incredible, original WPA era painting of a Georgia moonshiner by famed Italian-American artist Athos Menaboni (1895-1990).The work depicts an older Georgian man sporting a brown hat, brown jacket, and ragged tan pants. His arms are crossed and hold a long rifle. He has a rounded red nose and cheeks and grey facial hair. He stands in an open landscape with a tree stump nearby and mountains and a cloud in the background. At his feet rests a stoneware jug with moonshine - providing a hint at the title of the work - Georgia Moonshiner.This work fits perfectly into the WPA period and style, showing many similarities to the great muralists of the time period such as Thomas Hart Benton and Diego Rivera. Menaboni himself was a noted muralist, having painted numerous examples throughout Georgia from the late 1920s to the 1960s. There was a large exhibition of