Craig, Thomas Bigelow (1849 Philadelphia – 1924 Woodland/N.Y.)
„A Day in Midsu(m)mer“
Cows with a calf in a creek, in a free pasture landscape.
Oil on canvas,
signed lower left : Thos. B. Craig
Also signed & additionally titled on the reverse as: A Day in Midsummer / Thos. B. Craig, A.N.A.
Sight size : c. 25 × 35 cm
Contemporary old frame in good condition : 32 × 42 cm
In the background on the right, within the foliage of the trees, there is a color discrepancy.
The painting also shows significant dust accumulation, indicating that a thorough cleaning would be advisable.
Under UV light, only a few, older retouches are visible. On the reverse side, two wedges from the stretcher frame are missing.
Vita : „Thomas Bigelow Craig (1849–1924) was an American landscape painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for his paintings depicting cows (and occasionally sheep) in summer environments. Craig’s landscapes often featured meadows and streams. The animals in his earlier paintings did not take up a large part of the canvas compared to the surrounding landscapes; in his later paintings, however, the animals were drawn larger and became more important than the landscapes around them.“ (Wikipedia)
Biogramm : „Vielleicht Autodidakt, evtl. auch Student an der PAFA, Philadelphia, wo er 1869 erstmals ausstellte. Mitgl.: 1897 NAD; Artist’s Fund Society.; Chicago Water Color Club; Salmagundi Club. Lebte bis 1889 in Philadelphia, dann in New York, ab 1899 in Rutherford/N.J., im Sommer in Woodland/N.Y. – C.s Malweise ähnelt der der Bostoner Malerschule um George Inness. C. war ein typischer Vertreter des von Barbizon inspirierten Landschaftsbildes. Als Staffage integrierte er Menschen und Tiere. Ferner auch einige folkloristische Werke mit Indianern. Sig .: Thos .B .Craig.“ (s. AKL XXII, 1999, 149), vgl. auch: Vollmer V, 1961, 400; Thieme-Becker, VIII, 1913, 50. – Werke : Newark/N.J., Newark Mus. Philadelphia/Pa., Mus. of Art: White Mountain Landscape, 1880; Cedar Crove, 1890. – PAFA.
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