Medium: Oil
Support: Panel
Artist: John Francis Murphy
Artist Dates: (1853 - 1921)
Country of Origin: American
Title & Description: Depicts a farmhouse , large stack of hay trees and a stream under a pleasant sky.
Signature: L.L. J. Franics Murphy
Date of Work: C. 1900
Frame: Likely later
Work Size: 10 x 14"
Frame Size: 15.25 x 19"
Weight: 3 pounds 10 ounces
Provenance: NYC estate
Condition: Light craquelure, light glaze-like touchups especially on th right side of the sky(restorer will likely be able to clean off with new varnish, very lightly done). Meta: Painting
Artist Biography: He was born at Oswego, New York. He first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1876, and was made an associate in 1885 and a full academician two years later. He became a member of the Society of American Artists (1901) and of the American Watercolor Society. At first influenced by Wyant and Inness, after 1900 he attacked the modern problems of light and air, thus combining the old and new theories of landscape painting. His chief characteristics are extreme refinement and charm, poetic sentiment, and beauty of surface. His composition is simple and his rendering of soil unique. A past master of values, he preferred the quiet and subdued aspects of nature. He received numerous awards, including a gold medal at Charleston (1902) and the Inness medal in 1910.