(Asheville, North Carolina/Texas,ÿ1920-2002)Still Life with Wine and Fruit, signed lower right "V. Billfaldt 1944", oil on fiberboard, 16 x 19-3/4 in.; original painted wood frame, 22-5/8 x 26-3/4 in.Note:ÿ"Jeanne Billfaldt grew up in Houston, Texas, and studied art at the Houston Museum, the University of Houston, the University of Tulsa and the Art Students League in New York City. Billfaldt was a painter of still life and figural subjects; she was particularly interested in the ballet. She also produced monoprints pulled from glass and white-line woodblock prints. Billfaldt exhibited early in her career, in the 1940's-50's, at the Houston Museum, the Texas General, the Southern States Art League and the Texas Fine Arts Association. She supplemented her income with a painting conservation business. In 1992 Billfaldt moved to Asheville, North Carolina, where she lived out her life, continuing to paint and restore art."Reference:ÿhttps://www.scholten-japanese-art.com/japanese_prints_3-34.php Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina dirt layer with some abraded peaks and edges; frame with flaking