Ella Hergesheimer (American/Tennessee, 1873-1943) , "Tennessee Landscape with Creek", oil on board, signed lower left, artist name inscribed en verso, 10 5/8 in. x 13 1/2 in., framed. Note: Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the great-great granddaughter of Charles Willson Peale who selected her middle name in honor of the Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisa Anguissola. Hergesheimer attended the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and studied under Cecilia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge and William Merritt Chase. She was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship and studied abroad in Europe for three years, attending the Academie Colarossi and exhibiting at the Paris Salon. In 1907, Hergesheimer was commissioned to paint a portrait of Bishop Holland M. McTyeire, one of Vanderbilt University’s founders. The portrait led to subsequent commissions in Nashville, Tennessee, where she eventually made her home. Although Hergesheimer’s primary source of income was portraiture of the wealthiest members of Nashville society, she also turned to the environs of Nashville for inspiration. “The country around Nashville is, some of it, the most beautiful I have ever seen—a large and bounteous field for the landscape painter.” In the work offered here, the viewer’s eye follows the crystalline blue creek beyond a rustic wood fence to the mountains in the distance, creating an engaging view of the Tennessee landscape Hergesheimer so admired.Ref.: “Hergesheimer, Ella (1873-1943).” The Johnson Collection. www.thejohnsoncollection.org. Accessed July 27, 2021

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