Religious Portrait by Ross Shattuck, Oil on Board P3460

Striking 1949 figurative painting by Ross Shattuck, rendered in a refined mid-century realist style with subtle modernist influences. The composition features a young man in a wide-brimmed hat, painted with elongated, expressive features and a contemplative upward gaze. Behind him stands a robed monk-like figure carved in a sculptural, almost iconographic manner, creating a powerful contrast between the spiritual and the everyday.

Shattuck’s palette of warm earth tones, muted blues, and soft neutrals enhances the quiet, introspective mood of the work. The brushwork is precise yet painterly, particularly in the handling of the clothing and the textured stone background. Housed in an ornate, distressed antique frame that complements the painting’s tonal harmony and historical ambiance. A compelling and atmospheric example of Shattuck’s mid-century output.

Art measures 21.5" x 25.5", in frame 26" x 30"