In the Park
Type:Painting
Size:15.63" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
On verso: artist name and title on period label
Julian Rix ART FOR SALE
1850 Peacham, Vermont - 1903 New York City. Known for: Landscape and marine painting, illustration.
Julian Walbridge Rix was one of the first California painters to be influenced by the Barbizon style. He too sketched outside and painted his works inside his studio but his strong colors and his... Read full biography
Julian Walbridge Rix was one of the first California painters to be influenced by the Barbizon style. He too sketched outside and painted his works inside his studio but his strong colors and his muscular use of his palette knife were uniquely his own. His abilities and works were the envy of San... Read full biography
Julian Walbridge Rix was one of the first California painters to be influenced by the Barbizon style. He too sketched outside and painted his works inside his studio but his strong colors and his muscular use of his palette knife were uniquely his own. His abilities and works were the envy of San Francisco painters. Yet, when the art market collapsed in San Francisco, he moved first to Paterson, New Jersey, and then to New York City where he continued to so improve and grow as a Tonalist... Read full biography
Julian Walbridge Rix was one of the first California painters to be influenced by the Barbizon style. He too sketched outside and painted his works inside his studio but his strong colors and his muscular use of his palette knife were uniquely his own. His abilities and works were the envy of San Francisco painters. Yet, when the art market collapsed in San Francisco, he moved first to Paterson, New Jersey, and then to New York City where he continued to so improve and grow as a Tonalist painter that he was placed, by the New York Times, in the company of George Inness and Homer Martin, as the future of landscape painting in America. Born in Peacham, Vermont in 1850, Rix's family moved to San Francisco a year later where his father became... Read full biography
Julian Walbridge Rix was one of the first California painters to be influenced by the Barbizon style. He too sketched outside and painted his works inside his studio but his strong colors and his muscular use of his palette knife were uniquely his own. His abilities and works were the envy of San Francisco painters. Yet, when the art market collapsed in San Francisco, he moved first to Paterson, New Jersey, and then to New York City where he continued to so improve and grow as a Tonalist painter that he was placed, by the New York Times, in the company of George Inness and Homer Martin, as the future of landscape painting in America. Born in Peacham, Vermont in 1850, Rix's family moved to San Francisco a year later where his father became a successful lawyer and judge. There is an 1855 daguerreotype in the Oakland Museum that shows the Judge's... Read full biography
Julian Rix - Art for Sale (2 available)
California Hills
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1890
Size:26.00" x 32.00" x 3.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:
Julian Rix, American (1850-1903.) Oil on canvas, 26 x 32. Outside dimensions are 36 x 42. Original brass name plaque affixed to frame.