Large Oil on Canvas attributed to William C. A. Frerichs (1829-1905) Landscape of the French Broad River in North Carolina c. 1850s. In a period appropriate later gilt frame with floral composition ornament to corners.. Brass Picture Light 21" long Included. Three small professional patch repairs to back. Has what could possibly be a partial monogram remaining lower right. In frame measures 43 1/4"x33 1/2"x2". Stretcher 36"x26 1/2". Weight 18 pds. ***Pickup only or Shipping on this item offered through Outward Bound 413-854-3676, Laneys Ship & Haul 256-770-5750, Pak Mail 843-849-0310 - info@charlestonshipping.com. The UPS store 843-202-0141 - store6478@theupsstore.com or locally AJ Williams & Sons 843-442-0462. Contact us for a list of more shippers or contact your own choice of shipper directly. *** William Charles Anthony Frerichs, best known for landscapes and winter scenes, was born in Ghent and educated in Belgium but arrived in New York City from Brussels c. 1850. In 1852 he exhibited at the National Academy of Design and was elected to the New York Sketch Club, thus affiliating himself with the Hudson River School of landscape painting. By 1855, he had accepted a teaching position at Greensboro College in North Carolina. He arrived in North Carolina in early 1855. During these years, Frerichs often rambled the Blue Ridge, the Great Smokies, and the Appalachians, collecting material in the form of sketches from which he would draw inspiration for full-size canvases the rest of his career. He was one of the first painters to venture into western North Carolina, which in the 1850s was still quite untamed. After the conclusion of the Civil War Frerichs decided to return to the northeast, where he lived in the New York / New Jersey area for the rest of his life.He settled on Staten Island in 1868. Frerichs painted extensively in these last years of his career in New England. In 1900, his health failing, Frerichs went to live with his eldest son in Tottenville. He died on March 16, 1905.. He returned to New York in 1865 and spent the rest of his life in New Jersey and on Staten Island, where he died in 1905.

3 professional small patch repairs, small scattered loss edges