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Glenn Bastian (IN,OH,1890-1966) oil painting

Sold for $90 at Broward Auction Gallery LLC on Dec 30, 2023.

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ARTIST: Glenn Franklin Bastian (Indiana, Ohio, 1890 - 1966) NAME: Hillside Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 4 x 5 inches / 10 x 12 cm FRAME SIZE: 5 x 6 inches / 12 x 15 cm SIGNATURE: unsigned but has artist's stamp on verso SKU#: 118916 US Shipping $29 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Glenn Franklin Bastian was born 22 June 1890 in Fort Seneca, Ohio a son of James and Jeanette Dumont Bastian. His family, consisting of his parents, four brothers, and one sister, moved to Gas City, Indiana by 1900 where his father operated a boarding house. Glenn Bastian had many occupations; department store manager in 1910 in Gas City, clerk in a clothing store in Gary, Indiana in 1920, and a bank employee in Gary in the 1920s and 1930s.His WWI draft registration reports that he was 5' 9" tall , had black hair and blue eyes, weighed 140 lbs, and was employed as a "window trimmer" in Gary, Indiana. Glenn was a WWI veteran, which is confirmed by the 1930 Federal census and other records. According to the widow of Bastian's nephew, aged 93 in 2008, she believes he served in Germany, but worked in an office and was not involved in the fighting.

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