Thomas R Curtin

Winter landscape by Thomas Curtin

circa 1960

CHAUNCEY FOSTER RYDER (American, 1868-1949), landscape with figures on a bridge, oil on canvas, signed lower left. Framed under glass. Minor craquelure, dirt and grime. Possible label remnant from William Macbeth Gallery attached. Ryder's NYC Gallery/Dealer. See bio below. Canvas 12-1/4''h, 16''w. unframed and 16 x 20 framed as pictured. Provenance: Estate of Joseph ''Jay'' St. Mark, PhD, of Newtown, Connecticut, historian, appraiser, and collector of fine Americana. Bio- Chauncey Foster Ryder (29 February 1868 – 18 May 1949)[1] was an early 20th century American Postimpressionist Tonalist landscape painter known for a green-gray palette termed 'Ryder green'. Education and personal life Ryder was born in 1868 in Danbury, Connecticut, but grew up mainly in New Haven.[2][3] He began studying painting as a boy. In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago to attend the Art Institute,[4] then Smith's Academy.[5] After only a year at the latter, he was hired as an instructor.[5] In 1891, he married Mary Dole Keith.[5] In 1901, they moved to Paris, France, where Ryder continued his art education, studying with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian. Ryder stayed in France for several years, living in an art colony at Étaples and exhibiting his work at the Paris Salon (1903–1909).[3] He took on occasional students, including American painter William Posey Silva...

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