Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana, 1852-1932) oil on board autumn landscape depicting a stand of trees in a forest with a stream running through the center and rays of sunlight beaming in from the left. Very faintly signed "Harvey Joiner" lower left. Housed in a gilt molded and gesso frame, with a conforming gilt and gesso matte and artist's nameplate. Old exhibition label en verso (exhibit name/date unknown). Sight - 9 3/8" H x 19" W. Framed - 16 3/4" H x 26 1/2" W. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Sara Parks Pendleton, Owensboro, KY. Biography: A painter, Harvey Joiner did portraits, including the first five governors of Indiana, and also worked in St. Louis, where it is thought he studied with David Hoffman. At age 16, he began sketching scenes of African-Americans on the Mississippi River Boats, and by 1880, he had established a studio in Louisville, Kentucky. He specialized in scenes of Kentucky beech woods. He also painted allegorical subjects. (source: Who Was Who In American Art).