up for consideration is a fine old Antique Oil painting by listed Michigan, France (Paris) artist Charles Franklin Chamberlain (1871-1947). The painting alone measures 18 by 24 inches and  with the frame slightly larger...The piece sports and exhibition label on the back with the artist's name filled out. P Please see photos as part of the description. The painting does not come across as well as it does in real life or when viewing in person...it has a wonderful overall tonalist and or atmospheric feel to it when viewing...Like much of the impressionistic work the raw colors are painted in dabs of pure color and of which blend together when viewer steps back away...so when viewing this piece the patches of green and all the wonderful brush work seems to disappear...but when you look up a little closer one can see that it is a real masterpiece...and judging but what I have seen this one of his better works...I think he really got this one right...thusly it was exhibited...and possibly put up for sale. Please understand that the frame is not only gilt but also appears to have a little added color that corresponds nicely with the work. He lived and worked less than 45 minutes away from my location...here is some biographical information as per his daughter and  others gleaned from Askart. 

Biography: Charles Franklin Chamberlain was an artist.  He studied in Chicago, New York, and Paris.  He spent several years in France studying under the old masters, following the impressionist influence of the time.  While living in France, he concentrated his studies at the Academic Julian, Montmartre, Paris.  He traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Eastern United States. 


He was an associate member of the Society of Western Artists and participated in exhibitions in the early 1900s.

After marrying Cacia Curtiss of Cohoctah, Michigan in 1912, he settled down and began a family, while keeping active in his art studio on the second floor of their house.  In 1919 C. F. took an appointment as an instructor in architectural drawing in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. In 1939 he and Cacia sold their home and moved to Pinckney, Michigan.  Charles died in 1947 at the age of 75.

Other biographical information:
Born in Webster Township, Michigan, Chamberlain initially began his art studies at the Detroit Academy, and in 1892 he went off to study at the Art Students League in New York. His first trip to France was in 1894, where he studied a the Academy Julian under Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules Lefebvre, and also at the Aman-Jean School. He later studied in France under Luc Olivier Merson and Raphael Collins. By 1907 he had returned home and married soon after. For many years he maintained a studio at the family home in Dexter, Michigan. There, the family farm, besides an abundance of livestock and acres of grain, included an apple orchard, working oxen and horses, a plethora of sheep, and many cows, ducks and chicks. Many of these animals and much of the landscape came to be featured in his artwork. In addition, the artist was an avid photographer. Chamberlain is known to have exhibited as early as 1903 with the Society of Western Artists, and also at art shows in Detroit and Chicago. Oil painting on canvas.

Information provided by Cassie Veselovsky, the artist's granddaughter.

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John

JohnnyCrystal Est. 1987