Family Dinner Time 1932 American Classic Interior Design by David Mode Payne

Classic Interior design and Family Dinner by Architectural Digest illustrator David Mode Payne (American, 1907-1985). The scene depicted is an interior of a room, with finely crafted furniture and a family enjoying a meal together.

Signed lower right “David Payne 1932”, purchased directly from his family’s estate.
Presented Victorian walnut and giltwood frame.
Frame size: 21.75″H x 16.5″W x 1.5″D
Art size: 16.63H x 11.75″W (each)
Mat size: 19.75 x 14.5″
David has a cult following of his drawings of the wealthy and beautiful interiors they inhabit. David Mode Payne (American, 1907-1985) was known primarily for his detailed interior scenes of elaborate homes, primarily those of wealthy Rhode Island and New York residents. His scenes were featured prominently in Architectural Digest and House & Garden in the 1980s. Payne attended the Art School of Fine and Applied Arts in New York City, as well as served in the US Army Air Corps, achieving First Lieutenant in 1944. He has his first solo show in 1932 at William Woods College in Fulton Missouri. In 1946, Payne spent a few months painting in Mexico and had a show of his work upon return at Eleanor Smith Galleries in St. Louis Missouri.