Newport Beach, 1873
by William Trost Richards (1833–1905)24⅛ x 44¼ inches
Signed and dated lower right: WM. T. Richards - 1873.
Provenance
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts
Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, November 28, 2007, lot 188
Private collection
Alexander Gallery, New York, New York
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Private collection, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Literature
Matthew N. Johnson, Narrating the Landscape: Print Culture and American Expansion in the Nineteenth Century (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016), 79, fig. 25.
Related Works
Quiet Seascape, 1883, oil on canvas, 20⅛ x 40 inches; The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota
Newport Coast, 1902, oil on canvas, 27 x 47 inches; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Artist Biography
American Marine Painter
By Nina Sangimino
Best known for his luminous seascapes, Richards began his career painting landscapes influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite tradition.
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
William Trost Richards was one of the most accomplished American artists of the nineteenth century and enjoyed a long and successful career in
