Oil on canvas, circa 1940, signed at lower right, retaining artist's label and Chicago Galleries Association label to verso, presented in the period carved and gilt frame.

Stretcher size 27 x 30 in.; Frame dimensions 31 x 34 in.

By descent through the family of William and Agnes Nelson, Chicago, Illinois (purchased in 1942)

Frank Virgil Dudley was a popular landscape artist who exhibited frequently at the Hoosier Salon and the Chicago Galleries Association. He maintained a studio in what is now the Indiana Dunes State Park. In addition to landscape painting, he was a leader in the conservation of the dunes along the shore of Lake Michigan.

Good estate condition.