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Lot 430: Clara Taggart McChesney (1860/61-1928) American painter

Est: $100 USD - $150 USDPassed
East Coast BooksWells, ME, USAugust 05, 2021

Item Overview

Description

[ART] Clara Taggart McChesney (1860/61-1928) American painter and writer known for her figurative painting, landscapes and scenes and people of Holland. McChesney began her art studies in San Francisco with Virgil Williams at the California School of Design, before moving to New York City to continue her studies with H. S. Mowbray and J. C. Beckwith. This was followed by a move to Paris, where she enrolled in the Acad_mie Colarossi and studied with Courtois. MacChesney exhibited watercolors at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and was awarded a medal for her work. An article in The San Francisco Call announced that she had placed two paintings in the 1900 Worlds Exposition in Paris, and remarked that: "Both American and foreign artists have referred to Miss McChesney as 'America's foremost woman painter.' " She would later exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair, winning a bronze medal. Offered here is a signed photograph of her painting BLIND FIDDLER. The photo 6 x 4.5 in. is mounted to 12 x 9-3/4 in. board. Signed on the mountboard. VG.

Condition Report

VG

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Auction Details

ART ON PAPER - BOOKS - MANUSCRIPTS - AUTOGRAPHS

by
East Coast Books
August 05, 2021, 01:00 PM EST

PO Box 849, Wells, ME, 04090, US

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