Lot 430: William Worcester Churchill (American, 1858-1926), Young Woman Reading a Letter, Signed "...W. Churchill…" l.l., inscribed "Return to:/

William Worcester Churchill (American, 1858-1926)

Young Woman Reading a Letter
Signed "...W. Churchill…" l.l., inscribed "Return to:/W.W. Churchill/23 Irving St./
Boston" on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 54 5/8 x 25 in. (140.0 x 63.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Retouch, craquelure, surface grime.

N.B. Born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, William Worcester Churchill studied at the Boston Museum School in 1877 and later in Paris with Léon Bonnat. He established a studio in Boston on Irving Street. His canvases depicting lovely young women in elegant interiors were very much in keeping with Boston School colleagues such as Edmund Tarbell and William McGregor Paxton.