Original Antique Watercolor Landscape Signed Henry Ward Ranger 1887 Framed
Original Antique Watercolor of Dutch Landscape with Windmill, Signed by Listed American Artist Henry Ward Ranger 1887 Fine Museum Quality Framing
Unique, one of a kind Watercolor painting of Dutch landscape, dated 1887, signed and dated, painted by American artist, Henry Ward Ranger. This was painted when Henry was studying and living in the the Netherlands. He expressly went to Europe to study the Barbizon school that he so admired and stayed to study the Old Master artists. The following year, he returned to the US. This watercolor depicts a typical Dutch landscape, with the large cloudy sky and the flat land and a windmill.
Henry Ward Ranger: (Syracuse, NY 1858-1916 New York, NY) Henry Ward Ranger attended Syracuse University. Self-taught and with little or no formal instruction, he began to paint watercolors; he opened a New York City studio in the mid-1870s and exhibited at the American Watercolor Society in 1881. Impressed by the Barbizon School landscapes he saw in New York, the young artist went to Paris where he was attracted to the works of Millet, Theodore Rousseau, and Adolphe Monticelli. Deeply respectful of the old masters, Ranger improved his technical ability by copying paintings by Constable, Claude, and Hobemma at the Louvre. He spent several important formulative years in The Netherlands studying with the Hague School masters Joseph Israels, the Maris brothers, and Van Gogh's uncle, Anton Mauve, all artists that he admired for being "the lineal successors of the Barbizon School." He spent a considerable amount of time sketching with the group at North Laren, Holland. After his return from Europe in 1888 where he settled in New York City, Ranger devoted his career to depicting the New England landscape in the conventional, naturalistic Barbizon manner. He specialized in depicting wooded forest interiors, usually verdant spring or golden autumn scenes, in which glimmering light filtered through the treetops. Occasionally he deviated from his Barbizon and Hague School predecessors by conceding to the Impressionist influence and using bright colors. A conservative who valued traditional methods, technical ability, and craftsmanship, his technique was noteworthy for its rich color harmonies, thickly applied and richly textured paint. He exhibited at National Academy of Design in 1887, and the Society of American Artists in 1890. In the summer of 1899 Ranger became one of the founders of the late Barbizon art colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut, that centered around the Florence Griswold house. Around the turn of the century, Ranger was influenced by the autumnal colors, soft forms, and poetic mood of George Inness's late landscapes. Associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1901, and became a full academician in 1906.Although he never accepted pupils, Ranger was an influential figure who by 1906 was the acknowledged leader of the late Tonalist movement, and his autobiographical Art-Talks with Ranger (1914) became the movement's official statement of aesthetic purpose. SOURCE: edited and addended version of the artist's biography published in the NGA Systematic Catalogue
Condition: Excellent condition. Watercolor is pasted to old cardboard(inspected out of frame). The painting is professionally framed under glass. Frame is gilt wood and has very minor scuffs. Please see photos.
Measurements: Overall: 18 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches; work: 13.5 x 10 inches (when inspected out of frame)
Weight: 5 lbs. 8 ounces
PRICE: $975.00
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