John Young-Hunter (New Mexico, New York / England, Scotland, 1874 - 1955) Oil/Pastel on Paper Painting of a Young Blonde Beauty Smoking a Cigarette. Signed upper right. Having original Salmagundi Club label verso. 1946 American Watercolor Society Member label verso. His paintings were exhibited in the National Tate Gallery in London and the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. He studied at Clifton College in England and the Royal Academy School as well as the University of London. From 1900 to 1913, he exhibited at the Royal Academy. Cutting his connections to the European art world, he settled in Taos, New Mexico in 1942, and became a part of the colony of artists around Mabel Dodge Luhan. He spent the winters in New York City, completing numerous portrait commissions whose quality was so respected that some persons compared his skills to those of John Singer Sargent.Sight Size: 21.5 x 14.5 in. Overall Size: 29.5 x 22.5 in. Framed behind glass.