Charles Henry Gifford ART FOR SALE

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1839 Fairhaven, Massachusetts - 1904 Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Known for: Marine, landscape and portrait painting.

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The following biography of " CHARLES HENRY GIFFORD," has been provided by Myrtice (GIFFORD) Forsythe of Lufkin, Texas. Charles Henry Gifford is well known for his works in water colors as is his oils and his pictures have found a ready sale, not only in all parts of the United States but in Europe. Charles Henry Gifford was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts July 13, 1839, the son of Benjamin R. and Betsey (Barstow) Gifford. His father was a ship carpenter. Young Gifford was educated in the public schools of the town. In his boyhood he could draw well and while yet a mere youth he gained admission to the art gallery connected with the music store of John Hopkins, on Union Street in New Bedford, where Albert Bierstadt, another famous artist,... Read full biography

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Brigantine at Sunset

Type:Painting

Year:1898

Size:26.00" x 42.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Signed and Dated

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A beautiful active sea holds a sailing brigantine before a blazing sunset in this work of luminosity by C.H. Gifford, dated 1898. A heavy palette and impasto texture give the painting tremendous depth. 36 1/4 x 52 1/4 In. Framed