THE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON NATURAL LINEN CANVAS IS PAINTED IN THE 1940'S BY THE MODERNIST ARTIST EDGAR CORBRIDGE. THE REALIST PRECISIONIST STYLE COMPOSITION IS TITLED " CAPE COD LANDSCAPE ". IT FEATURES A LAND AND SEASCAPE VIEW OF PILGRIM LAKE LOCATED IN NORTH TRURO MASSACHUSETTS ALONG THE ENTRY POINT LEADING INTO PROVINCETOWN. 

EDGAR CORBRIDGE ( 1901 - 1988 ) WAS A MASSACHUSETTS -BASED PRECISIONIST PAINTER WHO EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ENGLAND AS A CHILD. HE BEAGN HIS FORMAL TRAINING AS A PAINTER IN 1916 IN FALL RIVER. ROOTED IN THE TRADITION OF AMERICAN REGIONALISM, CORBRIDGE TURNED TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN AND AROUND HIS HOME IN FALL RIVER AND THE MINIMALIST CAPE COD LANDSCAPE OF PROVINCETOWN FOR HIS INSPIRATION, EVOKING THE STILLNESS AND ATMOSPHERE OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 

LARGELY SELF-TAUGHT, CORBRIDGE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION WHERE HE LIVED IN THE 1940'S-50'S, AND EXHIBITED HIS WORK WIDELY IN BOSTON, NEW YORK, PROVIDENCE, AND WASHINGTON D.C. AT VENUES SUCH AS THE NEWPORT ART ASSOCIATION, PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION, RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, THE GLOUCESTER SOCIETY OF ARTISTS AND THE PRESTIGIOUS MARGARET BROWN GALLERY IN BOSTON. 

HIS PRECISE, LINEAR STYLE RECALLS OTHER GREAT MODERNIST ARTISTS OF HIS TIME LIKE EDWARD HOPPER, GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND CHARLES SHEELER. HIS BALANCING OF FORMS WITH A QUIET, POETIC SENSIBILITY CREATED COMPOSITIONS DEFINED BY CLARITY, RESTRAINT, AND A COMMITMENT TO REALISM AT A TIME WHEN ABSTRACTION DOMINATED. CRITICS RECOGNIZED CORBRIDGE FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY TONAL QUALITY AND THE CLARIFIED, DESIGNED REALITY IN WHICH HE CREATED FUNDAMENTAL FORM.

LOCATED IN NORTH TRURO, PILGRIM LAKE IS A SALT MARCH LAGOON SITED ALONG HISTORIC ROUTE 6. FORMERLY EAST HARBOR, THE BODY OF WATER HOUSED PROVINCETOWN'S FISHING FLEET UNTIL THE LATER DECADES OF THE 19TH CENTURY WHEN IN 1868 THE LAGOON WAS FORMED WHEN THE HARBOR WAS SEPARATED FROM CAPE COD BAY, IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY IT WAS RENAMED PILGRIM LAKE AND FORMALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN 1910. ASCENDING TO THE APEX OF HIGH HEAD ROAD AFFORDS PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE FORMER HARBOR AND PROVINCETOWN BEYOND. 

THE RARE VINTAGE ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND MODERNIST PAINTING IS HAND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON THE LOWER RIGHT FRONT BOTTOM CORNER AND ALSO HAND TITLED WITH THE ARTIST'S NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE OF THE CANVAS. 

THE FRAMED REALIST PAINTING MEASURES 27 1/4" W X 20 1/4" H X 2 3/8" D. IT IS CUSTOM FRAMED IN A CONTEMPORARY MODERN NATURAL WHITE OAK WOOD MINIMAL PROFILE DEEP SIDED MUSEUM BOX STYLE FLOATER FRAME MOLDING, WITH AN ATTACHED HANGING WIRE ON THE REVERSE BACK SIDE FOR EASY WALL INSTALLATION.  

IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE PAINTING IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND SOME LIGHT MINOR WEAR. IT IS BRAND NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED AND HAS NEVER BEEN DISPLAYED. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION REFERENCE. IT IS NOW BEING OFFERED HERE FOR AN EXCELLENT PRICE.