Featured 19th Century Painter: MARK DALY (AMERICAN 1956 - )
February 23, 2021 14:21
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MARK DALY (AMERICAN 1956 - ) BLIZZARD ON 42ND STREET Oil on board, 20.5 x 16 inches/Signed lower right
Bedford Fine Art Gallery
Contemporary Impressionist artist Mark Daly was born on Long Island, New York. As a child Mark Daly s mother taught him drawing and he spent time in the studio of artist Woodhull Young at Huntington Harbor watching the boats and fishermen while listening to Woodhullâs travel stories. More recently Daly has considered plein air landscape painter C.W. Mundy as his mentor. His earlier career included graduating from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences (Ithaca, NY) and receiving a master s degree from The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business (Philadelphia). His experiences in business have resulted in Dalyâs authoring of two books Ten Treasures Strategic Playbook: The Ma
Artist Ogden Minton Pleissner was born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at the Brooklyn Friends School; however, Ogden Minton Pleissner spent his two summers at a boys camp in Dubois, Wyoming and a third summer at a dude ranch. The rugged western scenery captivated him and he captured it in sketches. From 1922 to 1926, he studied at the Art Students League (Manhattan, NYC) with Frank DuMond, George Bridgeman and Frederick J. Boston. He then taught at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New .
Featured 19th Century Painter: EDWARD MORAN
February 09, 2021 07:40
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EDWARD MORAN (AMERICAN, 1829 â 1901) BREAKERS AT SUNSET Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 43.5 inches / Signed lower left
Bedford Fine Art Gallery
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, artist Edward Moran immigrated to the United States (Philadelphia) in 1844 with his parents and settled in Baltimore, Maryland. 1845 found him in Philadelphia working in a textile factory. As the story goes, Moran was introduced to Philadelphia artist, James Hamilton, by his supervisor, after being caught drawing instead of minding his loom. In addition to Hamilton, he studied with G. D. Paul Weber, another noted Philadelphia artist. The Moran family of painters included his younger brothers Peter, John, and Thomas and his sons Edward Percy and John Leon Moran. Younger brother Thomas once said that Edward taught the rest of us Morans all we know about art . He shared a Phil
Featured 19th Century Painter: ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER
February 08, 2021 14:49
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ALFRED THOMPSON BRICHER (AMERICAN, 1837 â 1908) ( aka Alfred Thompson Bricher, ATBricher ) SEASCAPE Watercolor, 5 x 12.25 inches / Signed lower right
Bedford Fine Art Gallery
Artist Alfred Thompson Bricher is best known for his maritime water colors and is considered to be one of the 19th centuryâs greatest maritime painters. Employed as a businessman in Boston, he took art classes at the Lowell Institute. Although he studied under famous Hudson River School artist Albert Bierstadt, he was primarily a self-taught Luministâthe study of how light is reflected, refracted and absorbed. In 1868 Alfred Thompson Bricher moved to New York at which time he switched from oils to water colors. One observer of a Bricher painting stated that âhe makes water sparkle like diamonds in a silver settingâ. He painted at Shinnecock,
ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM TAIT (BRITISH-AMERICAN, 1819 – 1905) ( aka Arthur Tait, A.F. Tait ) Artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was born in Liverpool, England and later moved to Manchester where he trained as a lithographer. He taught himself to paint by copying art works at the Royal Manchester Institute (now the City Art Gallery). He assisted American Indian artist George Catlin, who was touring with his Indian exhibition in the 1840s. In 1850 he .