James (Colonel) Fairman ART FOR SALE

1826 Glasgow, Scotland - 1904 New York City. Known for: City scene, landscape, marine and figure-genre painting, Orientalism.

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James Fairman worked as a landscape painter, critic, lecturer, musician, and teacher. He came to the United States in 1832, studied at the National Academy of Design in 1842, and exhibited drawings at the American Institute in 1846. After serving as a colonel in the Civil War, he opened a studio in New York City. George Herbert McCord (1848-1909), who later become known for his watercolors, oils, and pastels, is said to have studied with James Fairman in 1866. Fairman was one of the many artists who painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the late 1800s. In 1871, he went to Europe where he spent the next nine years. In the 19th century, many Americans traveled abroad, and often visited, depicted, or wrote about the Holy Land,... Read full biography

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Lot 118 - Louisiana Purchase Auction November 19

Type:Painting

Size:31.88" x 45.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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Lot 118 - James (Colonel) Fairman, "Picnicking on the Lawn of Holy Trinity Church", oil on canvas, signed lower right, "Taylor Clark Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA" label and illegibly pencil-inscribed on stretcher, framed with artist plaque. Estimate: $3,000-5,000

Price: Please contact Neal Auction Company

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Benevolent Guardian

Type:Painting

Size:31.50" x 45.50"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

Price: Please contact Bedford Fine Art Gallery