On the Mountain Side
by Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868–1949)24 3/16 x 20 3/16 inches
Signed lower right: Chauncey F Ryder
Information
Provenance Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, May 30, 1990, lot 50 Sale, Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts, November 13, 1992, lot 131 Private collection, Atlanta, Georgia
Artist Biography
Prolific painter, illustrator, etcher, and lithographer active in Paris, New York, and New England in the early twentieth century
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
I. Biography
By embracing tonalism and Impressionism, Chauncey Foster Ryder devised his characteristic style distinguished by a bold application of nuanced colors in poetic landscapes. The artist was born in Danbury, Connecticut in 1868 and lived in New Haven during his youth. He moved to Chicago in his twenties and enrolled at The