SOLD Morning at Narragansett, 1872
by Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908)27 x 50 inches
Signed and dated lower left: AT Bricher. 1872; on verso: Morning / At Narragansett / A.T. Bricher.
Provenance
(Possibly) James Augustus Suydam
Private collection, Orange, Connecticut
Shannon’s, Milford, Connecticut, October 23, 2003, lot 73
Private collection, acquired from above
Private collection, New York, New York
Exhibited
(Possibly) Chicago Interstate Industrial Exposition, Illinois, 1875, no. 353
(Possibly) Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, Pennsylvania, 1876, no. 486
Literature
(Possibly) Clara Erskine Clement and Laurence Hutton, Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two Thousand and Fifty Biographical Sketches (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889), 93.
(Possibly) Jeffrey R. Brown, Alfred Thompson Bricher 1837-1908 (Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1973), 52, 94.
Related Works
Narragansett Pier, 1871, oil on board, 8 x 14⅛ inches, signed lower right; New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
Indian Rock, Narragansett Bay, 1871, oil on canvas, 27 5/16 x 50¼ inches, signed and dated lower right; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Note: This painting is likely the one owned by Luminist painter James Augustus Suydam (1819–1865) and exhibited at the Chicago Interstate Industrial Exposition of 1875 and Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876.
Narragansett is a seaside town in Rhode Island which Alfred Thompson Bricher visited on numerous occasions, creating sketches of the coastline.
Artist Biography
Master marine painter of realistic and sublime New England coastal scenes
By William Tylee Ranney Abbott
The seascapes of Alfred Thompson Bricher embrace both realism and sublimity. While his works are masterpieces of beauty in great detail, they are also mesmerizing in their commitment to conveying atmospheric serenity. The widespread popularity that Bricher experience during his time, proven by his significant exhibition history, is a testament to his ability to capture both literal excellence in nature as well as its figural beauty.
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