Rain in Union Square
by Julian Joseph (1882–1964)22¾ x 17¼ inches (sight size)
Signed lower left: J. Joseph –
Provenance
Private collection, London, England
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, October 4, 2000, lot 91, from above
The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, acquired from above
Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York, acquired from above
Private collection, La Jolla, California, acquired from above, 2005
Related Works
Night Scene - Snowy Streets, 1947, oil on canvas, 24 5/16 x 20 1/16 inches, signed lower right; Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah
Note: Julian Joseph depicts the historic Union Square in Manhattan, featuring the George Washington Statue left of center as well as the colonnaded Union Square Savings Bank building in the background, which now holds the Daryl Roth Theatre.
Artist Biography
Born in San Francisco, California, Julian Joseph is known for his impressionistic landscapes and city scenes. He studied at the National Academy of Design, at the Art Students League with Frank Vincent DuMond (1865–1951), and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921). He taught at the Cooper Union Art School in New York. He was a member of Artists Equity and a founding artist member of the Mystic Art Association, which has become today’s Mystic Museum of Art, Connecticut. During his lifetime, Joseph’s work was exhibited at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, Mystic Art