Original landscape oil painting Ben Foster American signed framed farm barns

Description: WE CAN COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS IF THEY CLOSE WITHIN TWO DAYS OF EACH OTHER, AND CAN BE SENT IN ONE BOX. BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPEBEN (BENJAMIN) FOSTER (1852-1926) DIMENSIONS About 14" x 17" sight size. 18" x 21 1/4" overall. DESCRIPTION Delightful rural farmyard oil on canvas landscape of two rustic barns in a shady forested field. Clearly signed lower left "Ben. Foster." Framed in a gilt painted wooden frame. Benjamin Foster's painting specialty was bucolic scenes of the New England countryside. His style was predominantly Tonalist* with subdued colors and limited tones---almost exclusively autumn colors, muted browns, grays and rusts. In Tonalist tradition, he completed most of his paintings, both oil and watercolor, in his studio and not on location, en plein air.*Foster was born in North Anson, Maine, where he spent his childhood, along with his artist brother, Charles Foster. For financial reasons, he did not begin an art career until he was almost age thirty. In 1870, he settled in New York City, and took a mercantile job to support art training. He attended the Art Students League* in New York City, and studied privately with Abbott Thayer, whose influence on Foster was the painting of floral still life.In 1886, like many American artists, he went to Paris. He traveled with Leonard Ochtman and Charles Warren Eaton, with whom he had been sharing a New York studio at 9 East 17th Street. In Paris, he studied with Aime Morot, Luc Oliver Merson, and Harry Thompson and exhibited paintings at the Paris Salon*. He also went to the French countryside including Barbizon where he did pastoral paintings.Foster returned to America in 1887, and lived both in Manhattan and Cornwall Hollow, Connecticut, where he had a country home. Most of his landscape painting was of that area. He sought out "intimate corners of his environment---usually tree-lined ponds, fields, and woodlands---that he liked to depict at contemplative times of day, such as dawn or dusk, and during intermediary times of year." (Lowrey, 134)In addition to painting, he wrote art reviews for the New York Evening Post and the Nation. He was a member of the National Arts Club*, National Academy of Design*, New York Water Color Society*, National Water Color Society*, Lotos Club*, California Art Club* and Society of Men Who Paint the Far West*.He died in New York City. Upon his death, the National Arts Club released a memorial notice that described Benjamin Foster as "the ideal type of artist . . . ardent in seeking deeper meanings, but indifferent to the casual and popular."CONDITION Overall excellent. No paint loss except for some negligible scrapes near the lower left and right corners (visible in the images). A FINE RURAL LANDSCAPE BY A WELL KNOWN AMERICAN ARTIST. All items are shipped promptly upon cleared payment, and fully insured. We often ship on the same day as cleared payment is received, and ALWAYS within two business days of receipt of cleared payment. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: We will ship internationally to most countries with insurance and tracking. All items will be INSURED AND DECLARED AT FULL PURCHASE PRICE. Please do not ask us to insure or declare for less than the purchase price. And please do NOT ask us to alter the age or description of any item for the purpose of avoiding customs and importation fees. WE WILL NOT FALSIFY ANY DESCRIPTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING IMPORT FEES. If your country charges a VAT or other form of taxation, you are obligated to pay the fees to receive the item. Most items shipped USPS priority mail, except for very large packages. For payment, we accept PayPal, or Visa and MC (through PayPal). We will ship within two business days following receipt of the cleared funds. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: We will ship internationally via US priority mail and internet tracking.

Price: 525 USD

Location: Tenants Harbor, Maine

End Time: 2025-01-29T12:02:15.000Z

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