Vintage CLARA DEIKE Original Oil Still Life on Canvas

• Original oil on canvas by Ohio based artist Clara Deike (1881-1964)
• Dated vintage, circa 1950
• Beautiful still life depicting a vase and dish filled with apples and lemons 
• Interesting use of the cubist style, offering a unique texture to the piece 
• Vibrant tones of blue, green, red, and yellow throughout 
• Off white painted wood frame with gold interior trim 
• Signed and dated at the bottom right corner 

About the Artist: 

Clara Deike (1881-1964) was an Ohio-based painter and educator, originally born in Detroit.  Deike’s artistic training began at the Cleveland School of Art, studying under leading Cleveland Impressionist painter, Frederick C. Gottwald.  She sought out many teachers, traveling from Ohio all the way to Mexico City. After finishing her studies, she moved back to Ohio to become a secondary school art teacher, while she regularly exhibited art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Deike’s earliest works were impressionistic, under the influence of Gottwald. Then around 1911, she may have met William Sommer who offered a more Post-Impressionist direction for Cleveland artists.

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