Skaters on a Frozen Pond
31 x 47¼ inches
Signed lower left: R. Gignoux
Provenance
Beacon Hill Fine Art, New York, New York
Schutz & Company Fine Art, Greenwich, Connecticut Godel & Co, Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York Taylor Graham Gallery, New York, New York
Related Works
Winter Skating in New Jersey, ca. 1847, oil on board, 25½ x 32¼ inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Winter, 1853, oil on canvas mounted on panel, 29 ¾ x 39 ¾ inches, signed and dated lower left: R.Gignoux/ 1853; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Note
Skaters on a Frozen Pond, among Gignoux’s largest works, depicts a winter scene in upstate New York or Canada. According to art historian Henry T. Tuckerman, “he was first known among us by his winter landscapes, executed with great truth to nature and beauty of effect.”1 This painting holds historic value as it is one of the earliest known scenes of boys playing ice hockey. Gignoux is the founding president of the Brooklyn Art Association and was a teacher of George Inness. His work is held in major collections including the Corcoran Gallery, MFA Boston, the Brooklyn Museum, and the New-York Historical Society.
