613. Eugene Speicher (American, 1883-1962), “Floral Still Life”, c. 1940; oil/canvas, 20" x 16", signed, Campanile Galleries label verso. Speicher studied in New York with Chase and Henri, and painted portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. He was part of the artist’s colony in Woodstock, NY. Speicher was successful early in his career as a portrait painter, and exhibited as early as 1910 at the National Academy of Design (he continued to exhibit there throughout the 1940s). He also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Brooklyn Art Association, Whitney Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery. Esquire (magazine) called him, “America’s most important living painter” in 1936. 2500-4500