Lot 765: AN OIL ON BOARD OF A LANDSCAPE WITH A DISTANT

AN OIL ON BOARD OF A LANDSCAPE WITH A DISTANT RIVER
Unsigned, but with the painted monogram "T" in front of an "O", denoting Thomas Proudley Otter (American, 1832-1890). Thomas Otter trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: in 1864, his "Winter Landscape" was among a collection of paintings presented by Abraham Lincoln to the actress Charlotte Cushman to commemorate her patriotic efforts during the Civil War. Along with Henry Mercer, he help found the Bucks County Historical Society. Otter`s work as a painter remained relatively obscure until 1976, when his best-known painting, "On the Road", went on tour in the Smithsonian Institute`s "America as Art" exhibit. In 1978 his work received a retrospective at the Mercer Museum. Sight size 9 5/8"h x 6 3/4"w