SOLD Autumn in the Catskills, 1864
by Jervis McEntee (1828–1891)20 x 36¼ inches
Signed and dated lower right: J McENTEE / 1864
Provenance
The artist, until at least 1867
The Phoenix Art Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland
Private collection, acquired from above, ca. 1950s
Private collection, by descent from above
Estate of above
Sale, The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia, September 27, 2023, lot 1, from above
Exhibited
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Annual Spring Exhibition, 1867 (as October in the Kaatskills)
Seventh Exhibition, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1868
Literature
Catalogue of the Annual Spring Exhibition (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1867), 16, no. 220 (as October in the Kaatskills).
Related Works
Saturday Afternoon, 1875, oil on canvas, 24 x 45 inches; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
November, oil on paperboard, 11⅞ x 9⅞ inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Untitled (Autumn Scene), oil on canvas, 24¼ x 20⅛ inches, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
Artist Biography
A well-known 19th-century American artist, Jervis McEntee was a prominent member of the Hudson River School recognized for his expressive autumnal landscapes.
By Chelsea DeLay
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Suggested Resources
VII. Notes
I. Biography
Jervis McEntee was born in Rondout, New York on July 14, 1828. During the winter of 1850–51, the twenty-two-year-old McEntee studied under Frederic Edwin Church and the two maintained a life-long friendship. McEntee married Gertrude Sawyer in 1854 and three years later the couple
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