beautiful and colorful painting depicting the Hadwen House at Main and Pleasant Streets in Nantucket, Massachusetts as a couple walks down the street under an American flag. "Historic Nantucket". Signed Bottom Left. By 20th c. American artist Rudolph Colao (1927-2014). Biography: Rudolph Colao is a member of Allied Artists of America, Artists Equity Association of New York, Hudson Valley Art Association, Knickerbocker Artists of New York, and Rockport Art Association. He has taught at the Art Students' League of New York, and The Scottsdale Artists School in Arizona. Articles on the artist have appeared in American Artist Magazine (March 1975), Southwest Art Magazine (March 1982), American Artist Magazine (May 1982) and Focus/Santa Fe(Aug/Sept 1988). He has received many awards, from the "Grand Prize" in a show of over one thousand artists in the Washington Square Art Exhibit in 1960, to an "Excellence in Painting" award at the Rockport Art Association in 1995. Oil on Masonite. Signed R. Colao. Mounted in custom Arts & Crafts style carved gilt wood frame. Measures 20" x 24". Framed size 26 3/4" x 30 3/4". Excellent condition.