Albert Fitch Bellows American, 1829-1883 Blueberry Pickers, 1864 Signed A. F. Bellows and dated 1864 (ll) Oil on canvas 13 x 21 inches Provenance: Private collection A descendant of an old New England family, Albert Fitch Bellows was born in Milford, Massachusetts, and studied at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Art, after at first starting his career as an architect. In his work in oil and watercolor, he specialized in scenes of American country life. He often depicted well-dressed figures in semi-cultivated landscapes of natural woods and overgrown grasses, as may be seen in Blueberry Pickers. The rockstrewn ground and patchy underbrush depicted here could not be mistaken for the grounds of an English manor house. In such works, Bellows captured a distinctive feature of the American experience in the mid-nineteenth century, in which an engagement of the great outdoors was perceived as not only the domain of country folk, but one to be enjoyed by individuals from all rungs of society. C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC Collection of American Art
Scattered craquelure throughout. Frame rubbing, with some light corresponding inpaint. There is a touch of inpaint in the little girl's green dress and one in the woman's yellow skirt. There are light touches of inpaint in the sky. There are some inpainted areas of craquelure in the trees at the center. Unable to detect further restoration under UV light.
Albert Fitch Bellows American, 1829-1883 Blueberry Pickers, 1864 Signed A. F. Bellows and dated 1864 (ll) Oil on canvas 13 x 21 inches Provenance: Private collection A descendant of an old New England family, Albert Fitch Bellows was born in Milford, Massachusetts, and studied at Antwerp's Royal Academy of Art, after at first starting his career as an architect. In his work in oil and watercolor, he specialized in scenes of American country life. He often depicted well-dressed figures in semi-cultivated landscapes of natural woods and overgrown grasses, as may be seen in Blueberry Pickers. The rockstrewn ground and patchy underbrush depicted here could not be mistaken for the grounds of an English manor house. In such works, Bellows captured a distinctive feature of the American experience in the mid-nineteenth century, in which an engagement of the great outdoors was perceived as not only the domain of country folk, but one to be enjoyed by individuals from all rungs of society. C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC Collection of American Art
Scattered craquelure throughout. Frame rubbing, with some light corresponding inpaint. There is a touch of inpaint in the little girl's green dress and one in the woman's yellow skirt. There are light touches of inpaint in the sky. There are some inpainted areas of craquelure in the trees at the center. Unable to detect further restoration under UV light.
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