Mary Louise McLaughlin Oil Painting of Autumn Landscape

Item Details

Mary Louise McLaughlin (Ohio; 1847 – 1939)
Untitled (landscape)
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to lower right

An oil painting on canvas by listed artist Mary Louise McLaughlin (Ohio; 1847 – 1939). This painting features a forest landscape loosely rendered in rich, earth-tone color. It is signed to the lower right and is presented in a wood and gesso frame with cast molding and a dark gold-tone finish. A hanging wire is present to the verso.

Mary Louise McLaughlin, one of the original innovators behind the art pottery movement in the United States during the late 19th century, was born to a wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1847. Showing an interest in art from an early age, she studied porcelain painting under Benn Pitman at the Cincinnati School of Design in 1874. She went on to open a pottery studio in Cincinnati, eventually becoming the main competitor of the famed Rookwood Pottery, also based in Cincinnati. After viewing the work of Haviland & Co. of France at an exposition in Pennsylvania, she returned home to experiment with their method underglaze painting, pioneering the technique in America. In 1879 McLaughlin founded the Cincinnati Pottery Club, the first of its kind in America.

Condition

- several repairs visible to verso of canvas. Scattered areas of craquelure and inpainting. Cracking and accretion to frame molding.

Dimensions

- measures frame. Visible image measures 15.5" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

18CIN605-152