Woman Reading to Children
Signed lower left
Description
Living and working in an era of passionate and often controversial changes in the art world, Walter Farndon managed to retain the essential pleasure of creation. Called “The Painter’s Painter” in New York circles, he captured some of America’s most dramatic scenery, particularly the Eastern seaboard – from New Jersey to Nova Scotia – in a bold, intimate style.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Inscriptions
Labels
Cahoon Museum of American Art exhibition label
Exhibitions
Cahoon Museum of American Art, “At Home in America: 19th Century Genre Painting,” Cotuit, MA, July 22 – September 7, 2008
Literature
Condition
Lined. Scattered spots of in-paint in the sky and 2 small spots under the woman’s nose. One spot in right girl’s shoulder.
Frame Details
Description
Living and working in an era of passionate and often controversial changes in the art world, Walter Farndon managed to retain the essential pleasure of creation. Called “The Painter’s Painter” in New York circles, he captured some of America’s most dramatic scenery, particularly the Eastern seaboard – from New Jersey to Nova Scotia – in a bold, intimate style.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Inscriptions
Labels
Cahoon Museum of American Art exhibition label
Exhibitions
Cahoon Museum of American Art, “At Home in America: 19th Century Genre Painting,” Cotuit, MA, July 22 – September 7, 2008
Literature
Condition
Lined. Scattered spots of in-paint in the sky and 2 small spots under the woman’s nose. One spot in right girl’s shoulder.
