Landscape Oil Painting Attributed to Benjamin Champney

Item Details

Attributed to Benjamin Champney (Massachusetts / New Hampshire, 1817 – 1907)
Untitled (landscape)
Oil painting on canvas
Unsigned
Inscribed “B. Champney” to the canvas edge

An oil painting on canvas of a landscape attributed to well-listed artist Benjamin Champney (American, 1817-1907). He was known for romantic depictions of American landscapes and was a 19th-century artist part of the White Mountain School of painters. This work exhibits a nearly uncultivated land with a wooded landscape with stream. The painting is inscribed to the lower edge of the canvas ‘B. Champney.’ It is displayed in a wood and gesso frame with a gilt finish.

Condition

- wear and areas of loss along edge of canvas; slight darkening of surface; small tear to canvas at lower left with minor areas of loss paint; wear to frame including areas of loss, cracks and repairs; picture light tested and not working at time of assessment.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 10" W x 7" H.

Item #

19CIN023-505