Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) - Marine Landscape Painting

Description: Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835-1910) This luminous New England coastal scene in watercolor highlighted with gouache on thick panel measures 10" X 21" or in the period hand carved wood frame dimensions of 13" X 24", signed and dated Edmund D. Lewis 1894 in the lower right. Lewis is a listed artist and was one of the most prolific and commercially successful American landscape painters of the late nineteenth century. This beautiful coastal scene of a lighthouse diligently standing guard on a rocky New England shoreline warning passing by ships of the potential dangers is in good condition with no defects or anything that distracts when viewing and is a quintessential example of Edmund Darch Lewis' work. Biography: Born in Philadelphia, Edmund Darch Lewis would live his entire life in that city enjoying one of the nineteenth century's most financially successful careers as a land and seascape painter. For a time, his sales of oil and watercolor paintings, most notably his marine watercolors, exceeded every other artist in the country. Lewis initially studied for five years under American master Paul Weber. In 1854, at the age of 19, he would mount his first successful exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy. Later, his paintings were exhibited and won awards at the National Academy of Design and the Boston Athenaeum as well as many of the other most important venues of his day. Lewis' choice of picturesque subject matter, almost always depicting scenes along the eastern seaboard, combined with his distinctive approach to coloration, made his works immensely popular during his lifetime. Today, these same factors generate an appeal for his works among collectors of fine American paintings nationwide.

Price: 1450 USD

Location: Dubuque, Iowa

End Time: 2024-10-07T18:04:21.000Z

Shipping Cost: 78 USD