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(Exhibition catalog)
2008Editors, Vose Galleries of Boston
39 pages (color)
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1848 Chesham, New Hampshire - 1923 Chesham, New Hampshire. Known for: Landscape, animal and harbor view painting.
A "plein aire" painter, he took huge canvases into the open, and built shelters around them to complete his landscapes on site. He set up his studio in Lowell, Massachusetts, but traveled widely... Read full biography
A "plein aire" painter, he took huge canvases into the open, and built shelters around them to complete his landscapes on site. He set up his studio in Lowell, Massachusetts, but traveled widely along the New England coast and the American West. In 1886, he did his most monumental work, a 7 x 12... Read full biography
A "plein aire" painter, he took huge canvases into the open, and built shelters around them to complete his landscapes on site. He set up his studio in Lowell, Massachusetts, but traveled widely along the New England coast and the American West. In 1886, he did his most monumental work, a 7 x 12 foot canvas of the Grand Canyon, which he accomplished by constructing a huge frame on the edge of the Canyon. Technically he was a perfectionist, and since he completed his work on site, finishing this... Read full biography
A "plein aire" painter, he took huge canvases into the open, and built shelters around them to complete his landscapes on site. He set up his studio in Lowell, Massachusetts, but traveled widely along the New England coast and the American West. In 1886, he did his most monumental work, a 7 x 12 foot canvas of the Grand Canyon, which he accomplished by constructing a huge frame on the edge of the Canyon. Technically he was a perfectionist, and since he completed his work on site, finishing this canvas was an amazing feat and the subject of much praise and curiosity. He was born at the foot of Mount Monadnock in the town of Chesham, New Hampshire and developed a life-long love for New England's landscape and people from growing up on his... Read full biography
A "plein aire" painter, he took huge canvases into the open, and built shelters around them to complete his landscapes on site. He set up his studio in Lowell, Massachusetts, but traveled widely along the New England coast and the American West. In 1886, he did his most monumental work, a 7 x 12 foot canvas of the Grand Canyon, which he accomplished by constructing a huge frame on the edge of the Canyon. Technically he was a perfectionist, and since he completed his work on site, finishing this canvas was an amazing feat and the subject of much praise and curiosity. He was born at the foot of Mount Monadnock in the town of Chesham, New Hampshire and developed a life-long love for New England's landscape and people from growing up on his family's homestead. He studied art in Europe for seven years including Munich and Paris where he studied the principles of landscape art o... Read full biography
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Recent Acquisitions: Fall 2008
2008The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesVose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997Vose Galleries35 pages (color)The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)Rediscovering Some New England Artists, 1875-1900
1987Kristiansen, Rolf and John J. Leahy316 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pages300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesA Circle of Friends Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin
1985
(Exhibition catalog)New Hampshire, U of138 pages (color)Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesExhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Naylor, Maria1,075 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages