American Mood

AMERICAN MOOD PA I N T I N G S O F T H E 1 9 T H & 2 0 T H C E N T U R I E S FRANKLIN RIEHLMAN FINE ART

AMERICAN MOOD PA I N T I N G S O F T H E 1 9 T H & 2 0 T H C E N T U R I E S Edith Halpert, the greatest American painting dealer of the 20th century, once held an exhibition at her gallery that she called “What’s Wrong with this Painting?”

Throngs of visitors came to the show and closely examined each of the works by artists such as Charles Sheeler, Stuart Davis, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi in an attempt to determine what was wrong with them. Today, we consider a number of these works masterpieces. So, what was wrong with these works? Nothing less than what frustrates every dealer to this day. Namely, these fine paintings had remained unsold.

Now, I’m not so foolish as to think of comparing too closely Edith Halpert’s The Downtown Gallery with my own space. Still, many of the works of art in this catalogue could have hung comfortably on the walls of her gallery. Examining them, I realize that there are tremendous inter-relationships between successive generations of artists and that part of the greater story of an exhibition is the complementary nature of one work of art “speaking” to another. There always remains a common visual language that is constantly enriched by this form of ongoing dialogue. All of the fine works of art in this exhibition though can stand alone and will provide their future owners with many years of pleasure.

Franklin Riehlman (Front Cover)

CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)

Snowstorm, Fifth Avenue, New York Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x 12 inches Signed and dated at lower right: Childe Hassam Jan. 1907

Many of these paintings have extensive publication and exhibition histories. Instead of publishing this information here, I have opted to make the illustrations as large as possible.

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ROBERT HENRI (1865-1929)

Vollendam Boy Oil on canvas, 26 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches Inscribed, dated, and signed at lower right: To Miss Lauter / This sketch in memory / of a pleasant visit / to her studio in / Volendam (sic) July 1910 / Robert Henri

JOHN LESLIE BRECK (1860-1899)

Grainstack, Giverny Oil on canvas, 13 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches Inscribed, signed and dated at lower right: To Dwight Blaney/ J.L. Breck/ 91 Painted in 1891

H. SIDDONS MOWBRAY (1858-1928)

Arcadian Procession Oil on canvas, 32 x 29 inches Signed at lower left: H S MOWbray Painted around 1885

EDWARD POTTHAST (1857-1927)

Boy Bathers and Sponson Sail Oil on panel, 12 x 16 inches Signed at lower right: E. Potthast Painted around 1920

ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971)

Snowy Peaks, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Oil on board, 12 x 16 inches Signed at lower right: Rockwell Kent Painted in 1919

GEORGE AULT (1891-1948)

Provincetown Roofs Watercolor on paper, 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Signed and dated at lower left: G.C. Ault ‘21 Titled, signed, inscribed, and dated on the reverse: Title: Provincetown Roofs./By: Geo. C. Ault/ Price: $50.00./ 1921

MARY BRADISH TITCOMB (1856-1927)

In the Dune Country Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches Signed at lower left: M.B. Titcomb Painted by December 1915

ELLIOTT DAINGERFIELD (1859-1932)

The Team Oil on canvas, 24 x 27 inches Signed at lower right: Elliott Daingerfield Painted around 1915

SVEN BIRGER SANDZEN (1871 – 1954)

Cedars in the Rockies Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches Signed at lower center: Birger Sandzen Painted around 1920

ALBERT LOREY GROLL (1866-1902)

Arizona Wonderland Oil on canvas, 40 x 49 inches Signed at lower left: Groll Painted in 1908

IVAN LE LORRAINE ALBRIGHT (1897-1983)

Maine Coast Oil on canvas, 19 x 32 inches Signed at lower left: IVAN LE LORRAINE ALBRIGHT Painted around 1940

CHARLES SYDNEY HOPKINSON (1869-1962)

Surf in Morning Sunlight Oil on canvas, 24 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches Signed at lower right: Charles Hopkinson Painted in 1907

JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951)

Suzette in Yellow Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches Signed at lower right: John Sloan Painted in 1916

Franklin

Riehlman

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