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ELLIOTT DAINGERFIELD

American, 1859-1932

The Golden Hour of Day

oil on canvas, panel-backed
signed lower right "Elliott Daingerfield"
30 x 45 in. (76.2 x 114.3 cm.), Frame: 34 x 49 x 2 in. (86.4 x 124.5 x 5.1 cm.)

  • Provenance: Private Collection, New York
  • Exhibited: Raleigh, North Carolina, The North Carolina Museum of Art, "Elliott Daingerfield", May 26 - June 20, 1971
  • Notes: Elliot Daingerfield was raised and educated in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In 1880, at the age of 21, he moved to New York City to study with Walter Satterlee at the Art Students League. A few years later, in 1884, he met George Inness who taught him methods of painting the atmosphere, using light to create a sense of mood. Inness became a great promoter of Daingerfield's painting, and soon after Daingerfield joined the prestigious Holbein Studios and began exhibiting at the National Academy of Design.
    In 1911, Daingerfield was one of five artists selected to travel to the Grand Canyon on a trip commissioned by the Santa Fe Railroad. They wanted to increase tourism by having artists paint the canyon. His paintings of this natural wonder are some of his most famous works and he returned to paint the canyon several times.
    Daingerfield was a religious man who, like Inness, felt that there was a very strong link between spirituality and nature. Many of his paintings, such as the present lot, have a mystical quality about them. Daingerfield said that "spiritual vision is a message imparted to a man of genius who, if he has technical ability, may pass it on to the observer." The mystical qualities of The Golden Hour of Day make this an impressive example of the artist's oeuvre.
    Daingerfield died in 1932 in New York. His work is represented in numerous museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and National Academy of Design Museum.
  • Condition: in very good to good overall condition; unlined canvas; scattered minor crazing; scattered minor restoration apparent under UV

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