Bidspirit auction | KATE LANG (1910-1996). POLITICIAN BY

KATE LANG (1910-1996). POLITICIAN BY A LIMOUSINE - Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches. Kate Lang, born Kathryn Louise Barbour in 1910 in Mobile, Alabama, started painting at age 80. A self-taught artist, she sold her paintings at local flea markets (Washington, D.C.'s Eastern Market on Saturdays and Georgetown Market on Sundays) until her death in 1996. Her papers are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute.