American Expatriates
After the Civil War the education of American artists seemed incomplete without study in one of the art academies of Paris. There, young painters could develop their technical skills under the instruction of the finest masters of the day in the company of talented peers. At the epicenter of the art world, they were also exposed to the leading movements of their time as seen in the salons, galleries, and studios of the most influential artists. It was in this environment that American painters could measure themselves for the first time against the standards of their profession. In addition, summers spent working in such art colonies as Pont-Aven, Giverny, and Grez resulted in some of their most fruitful artistic experiences.
Because many of these artists, while famous in their own day, have only been rediscovered in the last few decades and recognized for their contributions to the history of American art, there still exists the possibility of making important discoveries. Collectors can find appealing works among a great diversity of subject matter and style, ranging from painterly scenes of exotic orientalism and picturesque peasant life, to impressionist images of the new leisure class. I am drawn to the work of many of these artists because it often surpasses in both imagination and technique that of their native contemporaries.
Currently we have available:
Frederic Arthur Bridgman (American 1847-1928)
The Music Lesson, 1871
Mary Cassatt (American 1844-1926)
Study of a Young Girl, circa 1906
Alexander Harrison (American 1853-1930)
Beach Tides, circa 1895
George Inness (American 1825-1894)
Albano, Italy, circa 1872
John La Farge (American 1835-1910)
Kilauea and Crater Basin, Noon. Heavy Clouds, 1890
William Lamb Picknell (American 1853-1897)
La Lande de Kerran, 1878
John Singer Sargent (American 1856-1925)
Egyptian Water Jars, 1905-1906
Edwin Lord Weeks (American 1849-1903)
The Bazaar at Oudeypore, circa 1893
Wedding Procession, circa 1880
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American 1834-1903)
La Dormeuse, ca. 1882-5
Mother and Child, circa 1890