Somes Sound, Mt. Dessert
Type:Painting
Year:1914
Size:9.50" x 13.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Provenance: the Dole Family of Hawaii and Maine.
Charles Morris Young ART FOR SALE
1869 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 1964 Radnor, Pennsylvania. Known for: Painter-seasonal landscape, marine, etcher, sporting themes.
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in art-history books worked in Bucks County, a place he merely visited but did not spent much time. Only one painting, Farmhouse in Winter, survives from his time in New Hope in Bucks County. Young was born in... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in art-history books worked in Bucks County, a place he merely visited but did not spent much time. Only one painting, Farmhouse in Winter, survives from his time in New Hope in Bucks County. Young was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to a family that lived on a farm near the Cemetery Ridge battlefield. The family was poor but cultured, and the father's interest in art history, especially a book on John Constable in his father's library, stimulated the... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in art-history books worked in Bucks County, a place he merely visited but did not spent much time. Only one painting, Farmhouse in Winter, survives from his time in New Hope in Bucks County. Young was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to a family that lived on a farm near the Cemetery Ridge battlefield. The family was poor but cultured, and the father's interest in art history, especially a book on John Constable in his father's library, stimulated the adolescent Charles Young. He spent much time sketching and painting in the environs of Gettysburg.... Read full biography
Charles Morris Young - Art for Sale (2 available)
"View of Huntingdon Valley Farm"
Type:Painting
Year:1942
Size:20.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
A superb painting depicting a group of riders and hounds meeting before the hunt. The house has been identified as the home of Edward Everett Marshall who's family were avid fox hunters. This painting still retains its original frame expertly carved and signed by Fredrick Harer.