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Sheldon Peck AUCTION RECORDS
1797 Cornwall, Vermont - 1868 Lombard, IL. Known for: Naive portrait often group and landscape painting.
Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two... Read full biography
Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early works, family portraits in... Read full biography
Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early works, family portraits in Vermont, were brushed onto wood panels, and he used somber colors, dark backgrounds, and detailed clothing. In 1828, he moved to a farm in Jordan, Onandaga County, New York and then began to paint with... Read full biography
Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early works, family portraits in Vermont, were brushed onto wood panels, and he used somber colors, dark backgrounds, and detailed clothing. In 1828, he moved to a farm in Jordan, Onandaga County, New York and then began to paint with brighter colors. He continued to paint half and three-quarter length portraits on wood panels and added highly detailed settings and an occasional landscape in the background. In 1837, he moved to Babcock's Grove, (Lombard by 1868), near Chicago,... Read full biography
Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early works, family portraits in Vermont, were brushed onto wood panels, and he used somber colors, dark backgrounds, and detailed clothing. In 1828, he moved to a farm in Jordan, Onandaga County, New York and then began to paint with brighter colors. He continued to paint half and three-quarter length portraits on wood panels and added highly detailed settings and an occasional landscape in the background. In 1837, he moved to Babcock's Grove, (Lombard by 1868), near Chicago, Illinois, and became a farmer and community leader who opened a school for his own and other children.... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA gentleman with a newspaper and landscape and a lady with a book painted chest and bowl of fruit
Sheldon Peck Auction: 01/20/2007Lot: 217Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of John Newcomb Knapp (1826-1893) of Victory, New York
Sheldon Peck Auction: 03/02/2019Lot: 116Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePORTRAIT OF A CHILD IN WHITE DRESS HOLDING A ROSE AND SEATED IN A FANCY PAINTED SCROLL-BACK CHAIR, CIRCA 1825.
Sheldon Peck Auction: 08/06/2010 - 8/8/2010Lot: 560Subscribe or get free alerts
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