Trout Fisherman in a Mountain Stream, 1861
by Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910)28¼ x 21⅛ inches
Signed and dated lower left: W. Whittredge 1861
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Provenance
James Graham & Sons, New York, New York
Hawthorne Fine Art, New York, New York
Private collection, Massachusetts, acquired from above, 2012
Related Works
Trout Fishing in the Adirondacks, ca. 1862, oil on canvas, 22¼ x 18¼ inches; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Trout Fishing in the Catskills, 1868–70, oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches; Reading Public Museum, Pennsylvania
The Trout Pool, 1870, oil on canvas, 36 x 27⅛ inches, signed lower right: W. Whittredge; on verso: The Trout Pool. / Painted by W. Whittredge. / 1870; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Artist Biography
Landscape painter of the Hudson River School known for his forest interiors and mountain vistas
By Eve Perry
Whittredge’s Edenic forest scenes, painted in the Hudson River School style, reveal a highly personal quality that comes from the artist’s great affection for the land he depicts.
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