Lot 22
22
Thomas Allen (1849-1924)
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Saint Louis Art Museum
Thomas Allen (1849-1924)

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Details
Thomas Allen (1849-1924)
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signed and dated 'Thos. Allen Jr. '77' (lower left) and inscribed 'To Geo: C. Eichbaum./a remembrance.' (lower left)
oil on panel
15½ x 32½ in. (39.3. x 82.6 cm.)
Provenance
George Calder Eichbaum.
Whitaker Charitable Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1977.

Lot Essay

Born in St. Louis in 1849, Thomas Allen was best known for his pastoral landscapes and depictions of animals. He studied art at Washington University and then traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Western United States. Allen exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882 and eventually settled in Boston where he served as President of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and chairman of the council and faculty of the Boston Museum School of Drawing and Painting.