Forest Clearing
Type:Painting
Size:12.00" x 16.00" x 4.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Roswell Morse Shurtleff ART FOR SALE
1838 Rindge, New Hampshire - 1915 New York, New York. Known for: Forest interior, animal, illustration.
Most noted for his paintings of forest interiors, Roswell Shurtleff settled in Hartford, Connecticut but spent his summers painting his signature works in the Adirondacks at Keene Valley, New York.... Read full biography
Most noted for his paintings of forest interiors, Roswell Shurtleff settled in Hartford, Connecticut but spent his summers painting his signature works in the Adirondacks at Keene Valley, New York. He and John Lee Fitch successfully encouraged other artists to join them including Winslow Homer, J... Read full biography
Most noted for his paintings of forest interiors, Roswell Shurtleff settled in Hartford, Connecticut but spent his summers painting his signature works in the Adirondacks at Keene Valley, New York. He and John Lee Fitch successfully encouraged other artists to join them including Winslow Homer, J Alden Weir, James Smillie, and Alexander Wyant. Shurtleff was born in New Hampshire and studied at Dartmouth College but did not graduate. He also attended the Lowell Institute and the National Academy... Read full biography
Most noted for his paintings of forest interiors, Roswell Shurtleff settled in Hartford, Connecticut but spent his summers painting his signature works in the Adirondacks at Keene Valley, New York. He and John Lee Fitch successfully encouraged other artists to join them including Winslow Homer, J Alden Weir, James Smillie, and Alexander Wyant. Shurtleff was born in New Hampshire and studied at Dartmouth College but did not graduate. He also attended the Lowell Institute and the National Academy of Design. In 1857, he became an architect's assistant in Manchester, New Hampshire, and from 1858 to 1859, worked for a lithographer in Buffalo, New York. Then he moved to Boston and worked for an engraver. In 1860 to 1861, he worked in New York... Read full biography
Most noted for his paintings of forest interiors, Roswell Shurtleff settled in Hartford, Connecticut but spent his summers painting his signature works in the Adirondacks at Keene Valley, New York. He and John Lee Fitch successfully encouraged other artists to join them including Winslow Homer, J Alden Weir, James Smillie, and Alexander Wyant. Shurtleff was born in New Hampshire and studied at Dartmouth College but did not graduate. He also attended the Lowell Institute and the National Academy of Design. In 1857, he became an architect's assistant in Manchester, New Hampshire, and from 1858 to 1859, worked for a lithographer in Buffalo, New York. Then he moved to Boston and worked for an engraver. In 1860 to 1861, he worked in New York City as a magazine illustrator and then volunteered for service in the Civil War. He became the first Federal officer to be wounded, and s... Read full biography
Roswell Morse Shurtleff - Art for Sale (3 available)
Fall Landscape
Type:Painting
Size:12.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Winter Landscape
Type:Painting
Year:1891
Size:12.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
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Location: B. Ridge NH