SAMUEL LANCASTER GERRY

(American, 1813-1891)

RUSTIC BRIDGE

Oil on Canvas

18 x 14 Inches
Signed Lower Right 'S.L. Gerry'

Born in Boston in 1813, Samuel Lancaster Gerry was mostly self-taught as an artist. A founder and President of the Boston Art Club, he exhibited frequently there and at the Boston Athenaeum, the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. "Widely considered the leader of the White Mountain School during the 1840's, he appears to have assimilated art vision and techniques from A.B.Durand and Thomas Cole...." (Who Was Who in American Art). Gerry travelled widely in Europe and, while painting in Paris, fell under the influence of Constant Troyon and the Neo-Classical school. The influence of the Romantic movement may also be discerned in his lyrical and light-infused landscapes of New Hampshire's Lake District and its White Mountains. We are pleased to offer this charming and elegantly-composed landscape, dating to circa 1870.

Reference:

Who Was Who in American Art, Falk, Vol. II, p. 1271; 300 Years of American Art, Zellman, Vol. I, p. 158; New Hampshire Scenery, Campbell, p.65-69; Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Vol. VI, p. 52; Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler, Vol. XIII/XIV, p. 483; Davenport’s Art Reference Guide, 2007/8 Edition, p. 968; AskArt.com; Artnet.com; Artfact.com; et al.