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A Good Point

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A Good Point
A Good Point
Artist: Abbett, RobertDate of Birth: b. 1926
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 22 x 27 3/4 inches
Signed: Signed lower right

One of the greats of American sporting art, and one of the all-time great painters of sporting dogs, Robert Abbett, like many of his contemporaries, began his career in commercial art, providing illustrations for paperbacks, film posters and advertisements. In 1970, Abbett left the hum of New York for rural Connecticut and heeded the call of the deep woods and rolling waters that abound there. Soon, Abbett left commercial art behind and began to focus on fly fishing and bird hunting scenes. A Good Point is vintage Abbett. The lean pointer, absolutely still, is electric with anticipation as the pair of Southwestern quail, newly alerted, attempts to blend into the scenery. ItÕs the moment before the explosion, a moment that Robert Abbett is a true master of.