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ELIZABETH GILBERT JEROME

American, 1824-1910

South American Sunset, 1870

oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right "G Jerome 1870"
30 x 50 inches

  • Provenance: Alexander Gallery, New York, New York (label on the reverse); Questroyal Fine Art, LLC, New York, New York (label on the reverse); Shannon's, Milford, Connecticut, October 27, 2011, lot 61; Private Collection, Massachusetts

    Framed Dimensions: 43 1/4 x 64 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches

    New Haven artist Elizabeth Gilbert Jerome studied in Hartford and at the National Academy of Design in New York. She was a student of famed artist Emanuel Leutze. In 1856 she married fellow artist Benjamin Jerome and the two settled in Hartford close to Frederick Edwin Church's house. In the present lot, South American Sunset, Church's influence is evident. Jerome struggled as a female artist working in the nineteenth century. By one account, she was forbidden from making art since it was an unladylike activity. When she was 15 her stepmother burned all of her drawings and she was not able to begin studying painting until she turned 27.

    Tags: oil painting, listed artist, New Haven artist, female artist, woman artist, 19th century, landscape, South America, Luminist, Luminism, Hudson River School
  • Condition: in overall very good to good condition; beva lined canvas; scattered areas of restoration; a repair in the left center and in the lower right center to the left of the building; UV photos and additional photos available upon request; in an exceptional period frame

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