Beschreibung:

Jonas Lie American/Norwegian, 1880-1940 Nothern Hills, 1922 American/Norwegian, 1880-1940 Nothern Hills, 1922 Signed Jonas Lie and dated 22 (lr) Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Provenance: Private collection Exhibited: The Art Institute of Chicago, The Thirty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of American Paintngs and Sculpture, Oct. 30-Dec. 14, 1924, no. 119 New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, Jonas Lie (1880-1940), Jan. 12-Feb. 25, 2005, pp. 35, 64-65 color illus., no. 13 Literature: William H. Gerdts and Carol Lowrey. Jonas Lie (1880-1940). New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, pp. 35, 64-65 color illus., no. 13 Painted in 1922, Northern Hills probably depicts the area in or near the town of Saranac Lake, New York, in the Adirondacks, which Lie visited in 1921 and where he resided year-round in 1923-24. His practice of painting directly in the outdoors during the winter can be strongly felt in this work, in the subtle observations of sunlight filtering over the hillcrests and the artist's robust brushwork, adjusted to convey the distinctive nature of each of his forms. Lie's love of sites such as this are reflected in his statement that "All the keys and chords and harmonies of my work come from the North." C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC
Frame rubbing. There is some possible inpaint in the sky at the far center right edge, in the mountains, in the far center left, the center and the center right and in the snow at the lower register center and the lower right corner. There is no further restoration visible under UV light.