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THBAnthony Thieme (1888-1954) Fishing Smacks
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LiveFeb 19, 2021
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Anthony Thieme (1888-1954)
Fishing Smacks, 1932
signed "A Thieme" lower right
oil on canvas, 30 by 36 in.
titled on the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition label on back
Anthony Thieme was born in the port city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1888. Though he showed an early aptitude for art, his family tried to steer him towards a maritime career, which gave him more time to study ships, rigging, and the sea. By the age of fourteen, he was allowed to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, and from then on he pursued his career in the arts with vigor.
After twenty peripatetic years training and working throughout Europe and South America, Thieme arrived in the States in the 1920s. He settled in Boston, then the most European city, and made his living painting stage sets before becoming established as a painter. Thieme's mature style combines Dutch seascapes with plein air impressionist landscapes.
He settled in the artists' colony of Rockport, Massachusetts, in the late 1920s, becoming a US citizen in 1935. Thieme also painted in Charleston, South Carolina. Towards the end of his life, he split his time between Rockport and St Augustine, Florida. He died in 1954 at the age of sixty-six. He was a prominent member of quite a few artists' associations, including the Salmagundi Club, the Rockport Art Association, the National Arts Club, and the Boston Art Club, among many others. During his lifetime he exhibited widely, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. His paintings can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and other institutions.
"Fishing Smacks" is a quintessential Thieme port scene, in which he expertly captures the New England light on the water. The reflection of the ships and rigging creates a dynamic, energetic composition.
Provenance: Dale W. Farrell CollectionPlease email condition report requests to leah@copleyart.com. Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.Condition
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