SOLD English Country Road, 1880
by William Trost Richards (1833–1905)9¾ x 13¼ inches
Signed and dated lower right: WMT. Richards 1880
SOLD
Provenance
Private collection, Germantown, Pennsylvania
William G. Grange, acquired from above, 1916
[With] William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, Rhode Island
Private collection, acquired from above, 1989
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, September 25, 2012, lot 48, from above
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York
Estate of above, 2016
The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections, from above
Private collection, New York, New York, 2021
Literature
Linda S. Ferber, William Trost Richards (1833–1905): American Landscape and Marine Painter (New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1980), 326-27, fig. 259.
Note: In 1880, William Trost Richards spent the summer painting with his family on the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England.
Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus (1932–2016), also known as William, was a billionaire businessman and father to famed actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The French native amassed an extensive art collection throughout his life, which he left to his family.
Artist Biography
American Marine Painter
By Nina Sangimino
Best known for his luminous seascapes, Richards began his career painting landscapes influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite tradition.
I. Biography
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III. Collections
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I. Biography
William Trost Richards was one of the most accomplished American artists of the nineteenth century and enjoyed a long and successful career in
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