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Lot 126
Edward Willis Redfield (American 1869-1965) "NEAR ST. NAZAIRE " oil on canvas signed and inscribed "E W Redfield So. France" lower left 14 x 18in. Known for his winter scenes of the Delaware River and as the founder of the New Hope School of painting, Edward Willis Redfield was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1885 to 1889 and in Paris with William Bouguereau (1825-1905) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1912). He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the National Academy of Design in New York, the Paris Salon, the Newport (Rhode Island) Art Association and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.. His work can be found in the Luxembourg Museum in Paris, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Cincinnati Museum of Art. "Near St. Nazaire, France" was executed during Redfield's visit to France where he met and married Elise Devin Deligant, an inn-keeper's daughter from the village of Bois-le-Roi. This painting shows Redfield's earliest experimentation with companion and friend, Robert Henri.
Final Bid: $16,100 |
