St. Ervan Sands
by Walter Elmer Schofield (1867–1944)20 x 24 inches
Signed lower left: Schofield
Provenance
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Sale, Alderfer Auction, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, December 7, 2023, lot 3181
Private collection, New York, New York, acquired from above
Related Works
The Coast of Cornwall, 1914, oil on linen, 26 x 30 inches; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lapping Tides, 1926, oil on canvas, 26 x 30 inches; Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Note: St. Ervan is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Walter Elmer Schofield painted numerous depictions of the region’s rocky shorelines throughout his career.
Artist Biography
A major influence on American Impressionism, Walter Elmer Schofield was an important member of the New Hope School in Pennsylvania. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, likely under Thomas Anchutz (1851–1912), where he befriended contemporary talents like William Glackens (1870–1938), John Sloan (1871–1951), Robert Henri (1865–1929), and Edward Willis Redfield (1869–1965). In the early 1890s, Schofield attended the Académie Julian in Paris and traveled in Europe, during which time he became enamored with French Impressionism. After his return to Philadelphia in 1895, he attended weekly meetings at Henri’s studio with his peers before continuing his travels
