This dynamic mid-century oil painting captures a charging bull rendered with intense energy and thick impasto. The artist, Charles Burdick, utilizes a high-contrast palette, setting the fiery oranges, yellows, and earthy browns of the bull against a stark, midnight-black background. The heavy application of paint creates a tactile, sculptural quality that emphasizes the muscularity and movement of the subject. Burdick’s expressionistic style focuses on form and light rather than precise anatomical detail, resulting in a powerful and modern interpretation of a classic bovine theme. The work is signed "Burdick" in the lower right corner and is housed in a carved wooden frame with a gilded inner cove.

Specifications

• Artist: Charles Burdick

• Title: Charging Bull

• Medium: Oil on board

• Dimensions (Framed): 15 x 19 inches

• Condition: Excellent; the paint surface is stable with well-preserved impasto peaks. Minor age-appropriate wear to the frame.

• Framing: Ornate carved wooden frame with a gold-leafed sight edge and dark outer molding.

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