Outstanding Winter Landscape by George Ames Aldrich 

George Ames Aldrich (American, 1872-1941). Oil on canvas. Probably a landscape in Southern France. Signed l.r.; several exhibition labels on verso; 30 x 35.75 in. (sight).

A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, George Ames Aldrich studied in New York and France before making his way west to Chicago and, eventually, South Bend, Indiana in the 1920s. While Aldrich seems not to have spent as much time, nor produced as many paintings, in France as he originally claimed, his time studying the rural landscapes of Normandy and Brittany would inform his painting for decades. Picturesque scenes such as this one, with a focus on water and rural buildings, were particularly popular with the Midwestern collectors who embraced his work.

EXHIBITED

Golden Age of Hoosier Landscape: Ft. Wayne Art Museum Ft. Wayne, Indiana
3/1-7/31/1984

Regional Impressionism, The Hoosier Salon: Art Center Museum South Bend, Indiana
11/10-12/31/1979 

Provenance: The Clarence and Mildred Long Collection of Indiana Artists
Purchased from Marsh Auction, Oct. 1975

Excellent condition.