Benjamin Champney and the White Mountain School A private Collection from Minnesota
Part of the Spring Americana Auction April 5, 2014
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At Auction: Friday, April 4, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. : Lots 1- 351 Saturday, April 5, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. : Lots 601-1,011
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A Map of Benjamin Champney’s Randolph
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Mt. Jefferson Glen Ellis Falls
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Cannon Mountain
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Kearsarge River Artist Falls
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Mt. Chocorua Green Cliff
Madison Albany
Silver Lake
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Benjamin Champney American, 1817-1907 From a Private Collection in Minnesota (Lots 601-628)
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“Souvenir of Lake George”. Initialed in pencil lower left “BC”. Titled in pencil lower left “Souvenir of Lake George South of Orange 10/18/57”. Pencil and gouache on paper, 5.5” x 8” (image size). Unframed. 500/700
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View of Mount Washington. Signed and dated lower left “B.C. 1857”. Pencil on paper, 8.25” x 11” sight. 11” x 15.5” sheet size. Unframed. 700/900
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Five views of Conway, New Hampshire. 1) “In the meadows on Artist Brook - North Conway - Sept 5, 1854”. 10.25” x 13.5”. 2) “Conway - Oct 14th 1852”. 10.25” x 13.5”. 3) “North Conway Sept 30th 1858”. 10.5” x 14.5”. 4) “Conway Sept 27th 1852”. 10.25” x 14”. 5) “Moat Mountain and ... Conway Aug 14th 57”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 800/1,200
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Fifteen tree studies dating from the 1850s and 1860s. Mixed media on paper, sizes vary. Unframed.
Benjamin Champney and the White Mountain School Benjamin Champney is virtually synonymous with the White Mountain School. He was born in 1817 in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, near the state’s border with Massachusetts. His early training was as a lithographer under noted maritime artist Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton’s Lithography shop in Boston. He first visited the North Conway area of New Hampshire, nestled in the White Mountains, in 1838. Under the advice of American painter Washington Allston, Champney spent much of the next decade studying and traveling throughout Europe, often accompanied by Hudson River School painter John Frederick Kensett. The two traveled together to North Conway in 1850 and were immediately drawn to the grandeur of the area, where bucolic villages were buttressed against untamed
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wilderness. Like the Hudson River Valley, the White Mountains exemplified the natural beauty of the American landscape, a source of pride for the young country still establishing its national identity. Romantic portrayals of these distinctly American vistas were emblematic of the country’s character, religion and philosophy of the era. Champney and Kensett encouraged fellow artists to join them in the area, helping establish one of America’s first art colonies in the White Mountain region. The growth of the art colony was interwoven with the area’s expansion as a tourist destination. The majestic scenery that enamored artists also appealed to wealthy Bostonians and New Yorkers. Soon the region was dotted with grand hotels easily accessible by rail. Because the scenic paintings they produced served as both an attractive souvenir and a way to market the area, hotels encouraged artists to work in and around the property; some even hired a full-time artist-in-residence, notably
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Four mountain sketches. 1) “Gould Pond and Chocorua near Conway Center Sept. 11th 1857”. 10.25” x 13.75”. 2) “Kearsage + Banks of the Saco N. Conway Aug 21st 57”. 10.75” x 15”. 3) Chocurua Mt. + Lake Yarmouth Aug 25th 1857”. 10.75” x 15”. 4) “From the Intervale in Conway”. 10.25” x 13.75”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 700/900
Edward Hill and Frank Henry Shapleigh. As tourism spread to an increasingly prosperous middle class of professionals, who saw art patronage as a symbol of rising economic status and cultural gentility, White Mountain art gained even more popularity, so much so that artists, Champney included, would make chromolithographs to sell to tourists who couldn’t afford originals. In 1853 Champney purchased a house on the Saco River between Conway and North Conway that would be his summer home, studio and school for the next fifty years. It became a popular tourist destination and also served as the social hub for area artists, helping to establish Champney as the “dean” of the burgeoning White Mountain School. Although Champney taught Hudson River School techniques, emphasizing detail within a broad panorama, the White Mountain School is not a singular artistic approach but instead encompasses a wider range
of style and method. All told, more than 400 artists including such notables as Bierstadt, Bricher, Casilear and Homer are known to have painted White Mountain views in the second half of the 19th Century. Champney’s autobiography, Sixty Years’ Memories of Art and Artists, published in 1900, provides an invaluable account of that period in American art. Champney died in 1907. Although many of his works were created en plein aire in the White Mountains, Champney would also produce a large number of sketches each summer for use in completing oil paintings over the winter months at his home in Woburn, Massachusetts. The sketches and studies presented here, from a private collection in Minnesota and never before offered publicly, were most likely used in such a manner. As a whole, they provide historic context to Champney’s artistic method as a White Mountain artist, but they can also stand alone as a glimpse into the beauty he saw in the region.
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Five sketches of Mount Jefferson, New Hampshire. 1) “Mt. Jefferson from Randolph Set 13th 56”. 10” x 14”. 2) “Madison and Jefferson from the ... Bridge Shelburne Sept 2nd 1857”. 11” x 14.5”. 3) “Mount Jefferson + Madison from the Berlin Falls Road Sept 15th 1856”. 10.25” x 13.5”. 4) “Mount Jefferson from B... Notch Aug 12th 51”. 10” x 13.5”. 5) “Jefferson + Madison from Randolph Hills Sept. 14th 1856”. 10.25” x 13.5”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 700/900
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Five sketches. One inscribed “Echo Lake Conway Oct 14th, 1852”. The others are unidentified. Pencils on paper, largest 5.25” x 7.5”. Unframed. 500/700
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“Crystal Falls - Pinkham Notch”. Unsigned. Titled in pencil lower left “Crystal Falls - Pinkham Notch Oct 15th 57”. Pencil on paper, 13.5” x 10”. Unframed. 300/500
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Figures on a bridge, Conway, New Hampshire. Signed in pencil lower left “BC”. Titled in pencil lower left “North Conway, Sept 15th 185[?]”. Pencil on paper, 10.25” x 13.75”. Unframed. 700/900
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Two figures in a mountain landscape. Distant mountain likely Mount Washington. Signed and dated lower right “B.C. 1860”. Pencil on paper, oval 8.25” x 11” sight. Sheet size 11” x 16”. Unframed. 700/900 Benjamin
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Eleven mountain views. Mostly unsigned and untitled. Mixed media on paper, sizes vary. Unframed.
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Two lake scenes. Unsigned. One titled lower center “Lake ... Aug 10th 1853”. The other dated lower left “July 24, 53”. Watercolors on paper, 7” x 9”. Unframed. 800/1,200
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Three sketches of the Saco River. 1) Titled “On the Saco N. Conway N.H. B.C. Sept 25th 1851”. 11” x 15”. 2 and 3) Two scenes drawn on the same sheet. Titled “Mount Monroe on the Saco Oct 16th” and “Mt. Crawford on the Saco Oct 16”. Sheet size 13.75” x 10.25”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 600/900
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Three sketches of New Hampshire river scenes. 1) “On Ellis River, Jackson, Oct. 6th 1859”. 10” x 13.75”. 2) “On Sawyer River Aug 30th 1860”. 15.5” x 11.25”. 3) “Berlin Falls on the Androscoggin Sept 14th 1856”. 10.25” x 14.5”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 600/900
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Twenty-five assorted sketches. Includes twenty-four pencil sketches of various sizes and subjects and one oil sketch of figures and livestock. Sizes vary. Unframed. 800/1,200
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Fifteen pencil sketches. Scenes of mountains, forests, etc. Most unidentified and undated. Pencils on paper, sizes vary. Unframed.
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Six views of Chocorua. 1) “Chocorua Peak from Tamworth Sept 28th 55”. 10” x 13.75”. 2) “Chocorua Lake + Mt. Tamworth Sept 28 1853”. 10” x 14”. 3) “Chocorua Mt + Carries Pond Sept 28”. 10.25” x 13.75”. 4) “Chocorua Lake Albany Mt. Sept 28 / 59”. 10” x 13.75”. 5) “Chocorua Pond Sept 28 1854”. 10.25” x 13.75”. 6) “Chocorua Mt. 1857”. 10.75” x 15”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 800/1,200
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Four European views. 1) “Lake Geneva from … Aug 22, 1865”. 2) “Lake Lucerne July 18, 1865”. 3) “Lucerne July 25th 1865”. 4) “Lake Lucerne from … Aug 12th 68”. Pencils on paper, all approx. 9.5” x 16”. Unframed. 700/900
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Eight sketches. 1) “Bartlett, Sept 30, 73”. 11” x 15”. 2) “Mt. Layfayette”. 10” x 13”. 3) “Mt. Washington from Jackson Oct 16th 51”. 10” x 14”. 4) “White Mountain from ... District”. 10” x 13”. 5) “On Sawyer’s Pond Aug 30th, 60”. 6) “View from Gould Pond near Potters Aug 1858”. 7-8) Two European scenes. Pencils on paper, sizes vary. Unframed. 600/900
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Seven mountain views. 1) “Stowe July 1863”. 15” x 11”. 2) “... House Oct. 16th”. 10” x 14”. 3) “View White Mountain from the Valley of the Androscoggin at Shelburne BC Sept 16th 1856”. 10” x 14”. 4) “From Bellows Hotel Oct. 16th”. 10” x 14”. 5) A view of Lake Geneva. 11” x 16”. 6) “From Crawfords Aug 30”. 10” x 13”. 7) Untitled view. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 600/900
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Seven sketches and two engravings. Sketches: 1) “View of the Androscoggin from Gorham, N.H. BC Sept 13th, 1856”. 10” x 14”. 2) Untitled mountain view dated Aug, 21st 1858. 7” x 10”. 3) “Stowe Vt, August 18th”. 10” x 15”. 4) “Mt. Mansfield from Stowe, Vt”. 10” x 15”. 5) “Interlaken”. 8” x 9”. 6) “Summer of Haying”. 7” x 10”. 7) “Mt. Kearsage from Jericho, Oct. 76”. 11” x 16”. Both engravings depict “Rocky Lake”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 600/900
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Eight mountain views. 1) “Mt. Layfayette Oct. 20”. 10” x 14”. 2) “Kearsage Mt. from ... BC Aug 26 1860”. 11” x 15”. 3) “View on the Ammonoosuc Oct 18th”. 10” x 14”. 4) “White Mountain from Shelburne BC Sept 2nd 1853”. 10” x 15”. 5) “View from Mount Willard 17th Oct 50”. 10” x 14”. 6-8) Three untitled views. 10” x 14”. Pencils on paper. Unframed. 600/900
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“White Mts from Littleton”. Unsigned. Titled lower center “White Mts from Littleton Oct 4th 50”. Pencil on paper, 10” x 13”. Unframed.
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“Spruce Hole Falls on the Ellis River” (alternately known as Glen Ellis Falls). Unsigned. Titled on rock lower right “Spruce Hole Falls on Ellis River 13th August 57”. Pencil on paper, 13.5” x 10”. Unframed. 700/900 Note: Glen Ellis Falls was a popular subject for Champney. This sketch closely relates to at least two known oils; this sketch possibly served as source material.
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“Pearl Brook Cascade”. Initialed lower left “BC”. Titled lower left “Pearl Brook Cascade Sept 21st 1858”. Pencil on paper, 11.5” x 9.5”. Unframed. 300/500
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“Lake George From Bolton Aug 1853”. Titled lower right. Unsigned. Watercolor on paper, 4.75” x 7.5” sight. Unframed.
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BENJAMIN CHAMPNEY American, 1817-1907 Mount Washington meadows. Signed lower right “B. Champney”. Oil on artist board, 5.5” x 11”. Unframed. 1,200/1,800
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ANNIE S. JOHNSON American, 1853/54-1937 New England barn. Signed lower left “Annie S. Johnson”. Watercolor on paper, 7” x 10”. Unframed. 200/400
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