On South Boston Pier

Details

ARTHUR CLIFTON GOODWIN (1864-1929)
On South Boston Pier
signed 'AC Goodwin' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted circa 1904.

Provenance

The artist.
Mr. Elwell, Melrose Massachusetts, (possibly) acquired from the above.
Estate of the above.
Giovanni Castano, Boston, Massachusetts, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1950.

Literature

M.F. Rogers, "Painting the Particular Place," Toledo Museum of Art News, vol. VIII, no. 2, Summer 1965, pp. 31-32, illustrated.
S.E. Strickler, The Toledo Museum of Art: American Paintings, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, pp. 55, 169, pl. 116.
W.H. Gerdts, American Impressionism, New York, 1984, p. 218, pl. 262, illustrated.
E.M. Montgomery, American Impressionists, New York, 1991, p. 73, illustrated.
R. Eliot-Ramsey, A.C. Goodwin: Impressionist Cityscapes, Newton, Massachusetts, 1999, pp. 30-31, pl. 3, illustrated.

Exhibited

Andover, Massachusetts, Addison Gallery of American Art, Arthur Clifton Goodwin, 1946, no. 8.
Mansfield, Ohio, Mansfield Art Center, The American Figure: Vanderlyn to Bellows, March 11-April 8, 1984, no. 35.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, Fun and Games: The Pursuit of Leisure, June 27-September 21, 2014.

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Descrizione dettagliata lotto

A self-taught artist, Arthur Clifton Goodwin learned to paint by studying the work of contemporary American Impressionists, such as Maurice Prendergast. "Goodwin's artistic career derived impetus from the popularity of early canvases like On South Boston Pier. They display a delicate, light palette and evoke a certain sentimentality in their bourgeois portrayals of urban life." (R. Eliot-Ramsey, A.C. Goodwin: Impressionist Cityscapes, Newton, Massachusetts, 1999, p. 30)

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