Richard Norris Brooke Oil on Canvas Pastoral Painting
Item Details
An antique oil painting on canvas by listed American artist Richard Norris Brooke (1847 – 1920). The pastoral painting depicts an isolated farm house surrounded by tall leafy trees. A wooden wagon overflowing with hay stands in the yard. The work is signed in black to the lower right. Presented in a gold tone wood frame, ready to hang with a wire.
Brooke was born in Warrenton, Virginia, and went on to sutdy at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After brief stints teaching art, including one year at The Virginai Military Institute, Brooke served as U.S. consul in La Rochelle, France, and while there continued his studies. Upon his return he settled in Washington D.C. He is most well known for several genre paintings of African-American daily life, a rare subject for the time, one of which hung in the Corcoran Art Gallery. After that short-lived pursuit, he devoted himself to painting the landscape.
Condition
- craquelure and accretion to painting sufrace. Light yellowing to varnish. Minor wear to frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame. Visible image measures 19.0" W x 11.75" H.
Item #
17CIN631-142
