Lot 135
Signed and dated '92 lower right. This is one of Mr. Hutchens earlier pieces when he was 23 and was living in Canandaigua, N.Y. He signed it with his initials F.T.H. and later changed his signatures (As Hutchens' art and career began to evolve, so did his signature. Signatures are an artist's signal at the end of the artistic process. Many times they are just an illegible scrawl. Hutchens, however, made his name distinctively legible. The signature has a feature of a bold, sweeping downward stroke of the final "s." A final artistic flourish.). It represents an early work most certainly influenced by Crandall and Wader's style of painting. This painting hung in Gleason's bar on Main Street in Canandaigua for many years. In Canandaigua Hutchens' experience and exposure deepened his commitment to his craft. An excited Hutchens opened a studio in 1892 in the Foster Block on Main Street in his hometown, where he exhibited his paintings along with the work of his contemporaries, the Crandall's. Windows of local bookstores, such as McKechnie's, also provided space to display their paintings. Hutchens proved a budding entrepreneur, selling his paintings and providing catalogues of his work for what became a successful marketing idea for his other work. Frank Hutchens was an American Impressionist painter known for his gentle landscapes and portraits. Indeed, one reviewer in the New York Times called him "an ingratiating interpreter of gentle scenes" (Feb. 8, 1920). One of four children in Canandaigua, NY family, Frank Townsend Hutchens was born in 1869 and attended Canandaigua Academy, where he studied drawing under Lucy B. Stowe, a local artist and instructor there at the time. By age 17 Hutchens was displaying his watercolors and crayon portraits in the windows of local bookstores along with those of his contemporaries the Crandall Brothers. Success came early for Hutchens. In 1893, at the age of 24, he was commissioned to do illustrations for a special edition of Lew Wallace's Ben Hur. He has permanent collections in museums throughout the United States and Europe. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and the bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request
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Dimensions:
- 10" x 15" and 15" x 20" framed Condition:
- Excellent Condition
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