New York Farm in Winter, 1913
by Ernest Lawson (1873–1939)25 x 28 inches
Signed and dated lower left: E. LAWSON. / 1913
Provenance
The artist
Laura Gardin Fraser, wedding gift from above, 1913
Leila Garden Sawyer, sister of above
Elizabeth Ives Bartholet, New York, acquired from above
Eric H. Haight, New York, New York, acquired from above, 1968
Sale, James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, February 10, 2017, lot 1118, from above
Private collection, Massachusetts, acquired from above
Private collection, New York, New York
Related Works
An Abandoned Farm, ca. 1908, oil on canvas, 28⅞ x 35⅞ inches, signed lower left; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Winter Landscape, ca.1913–1914, oil on canvas, 20⅜ x 28½ inches, signed lower left; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Winter, ca. 1914, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River, ca. 1916, oil on canvas, 40⅜ x 50 inches, signed lower right; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Note: Laura Gardin Fraser (1889–1966) was an American sculptor, recognized for her work on commemorative coins and medals as well as an equestrian statue of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
Artist Biography
A popular member of “The Eight” who depicted modern, urban life using a bold, impressionist technique.
By Nina Sangimino
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
Ernest Lawson, while Canadian-born, became one of the most important American modernist painters in the beginning of the twentieth century. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1888 where he studied art for the first time at the Kansas City Art Institute. He continued his artistic training