James Champney ART FOR SALE

Portrait of James Champney: Copy of Van Dyck Self Portrait

1843 Boston, Massachusetts - 1903 New York City. Known for: Genre, figure, portrait, landscape paintings.

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James Wells Champney, a distant cousin of landscapist Benjamin Champney, was born in 1843 in Boston, Massachusetts. A well-known artist-teacher, he is best known as a specialist in rustic genre scenes, using a broad, painterly, and rather informal approach to his works. He also painted many portraits and landscapes, and stylistically was "one of the first Americans to grasp and utilize the spirit of impressionism." (397). As a young man he took drawing classes at Lowell Institute and studied anatomy under Oliver Wendell Holmes. At sixteen years of age, he was an apprentice to a wood engraver*, but terminated the relationship to serve in the Civil War in 1862. He contracted malaria and was discharged from the military, and soon taught... Read full biography

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The Twins in the Field

Type:Painting

Size:18.00" x 26.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Left

Notes:

Excellent example of the artist's work. Overall condition good. Early lining is also good. The sky was possibly repainted (probably by Champney 100+ years ago). Period frame 26 1/2in x 34in in very good condition with small losses, typical of its age.

Price: $15,000. Please contact Stuart Kingston Galleries