Charles DeWolf Brownell Original Watercolor "Lat. 32°, Nov. 28, 1857"

Item Details

An original watercolor painting on paper titled Lat. 32°, Nov. 28, 1857 by listed American watercolorist Charles DeWolf Brownell (1822-1909), created in 1857.The painting depicts choppy waters under a calm sky. The piece is inscribed on a clipped tag on verso with the title and date, ‘Lat. 32°, Nov. 28, 1857’. It is inscribed in the upper left, ‘Nat.’. There is a gallery label on verso from Borghi Fine Art Gallery. The piece is accompanied by catalog from a Hirschl & Adler Galleries exhibition. Presented behind glass in a gilt frame with white matting and a hanging wire to the verso.

Brownell is most well-known for his landscapes of New England and international scenes. A contemporary and friend to Hudson River School artists like Frederic Edwin Church, Brownell’s work reveal a similar romantic sentiment for the natural world. Brownell was born in Providence, Rhode Island and was raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. He became a lawyer in New England but abandoned law in his early 30s for painting. His international scenes include Cuba, Mexico, South America, and more. During his lifetime, Brownell exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Museum. Today, his works can be found in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, CT), the Milwaukee Art Museum, and numerous private collections.

Condition

- minor to moderate surface markings to frame.

Dimensions

- site size is 8.00" W x 5.25" H.

Item #

16NYC025-335