Monhegan Surf

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FREDERICK JUDD WAUGH (1861-1940)
Monhegan Surf
signed 'Waugh' (lower right)—signed again 'Frederick J Waugh', inscribed with title and dated '-1913-' (on the reverse)
oil on gessoed panel
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1913.

Provenance

The artist.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1913.

Literature

"Gift of the Artist," Toledo Museum of Art News, no. 36, May 1920, n.p., illustrated.
"A Waugh for Toledo," International Studio, vol. LXXI, no. 280, July 1920, p. 14.
The American Magazine of Art, vol. XI, no. 11, September 1920, pp. 405, 407, illustrated.
E.S. Barrie, ed., Paintings of the Sea by Frederick Judd Waugh, New York, 1936, pp. 38-39, illustrated.
C. Waugh, "The Master Path: A Study of Composition," American Artist, vol. XXVII, June 1963, p. 51, illustrated.
G.R. Havens, Frederick J. Waugh: American Marine Painter, Orono, Maine, 1969, pp. 135, 271n70, 280n95.
S.E. Strickler, The Toledo Museum of Art: American Paintings, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, pp. 110, 171, pl. 124, illustrated.
J. Curtis, W. Curtis, Monhegan: The Artists' Island, Camden, Maine, 1995, p. 112, illustrated.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 108th Annual Exhibition, February 9-March 30, 1913, p. 29, no. 248.
New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., Paintings of the Sea by Frederick Judd Waugh, 1936, pp. 38-39, illustrated.
Findlay, Ohio, Findlay College, 22 American Paintings Lent by the Toledo Museum, 1949.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 50th Anniversary Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings Acquired by the Toledo Museum, 1901-1951, August-September 1951.

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Lot Essay

Born in Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1861 as the son of a portrait painter, Frederick J. Waugh primarily dedicated his career to capturing the stunning coastal vistas of the American Northeast. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins and later at the Académie Julian in Paris. His work is represented in numerous museum collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

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