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THBPercival Rosseau (1859-1937), Over the Fence, and a Point
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Percival Rosseau (1859-1937)
Over the Fence, and a Point, 1919
signed and dated "Rosseau 1919" lower right
oil on canvas, 26 by 32 in.
Painted during Rosseau's key period, this quintessential Carolina quail hunting scene depicts two English setters in the field. The main dog, in profile, stands on point, attentively indicating the direction of the quarry off to the right of the scene. The body of the dog is captured in luminous white with cascading fur, and its tail extends horizontally. Its bracemate, nearer to the fence, honors the point by coming to a freeze as well. The soft landscape surrounding the dogs, a hallmark of Rosseau's mature style, complements the precision of the working canines.This fresh-to-market painting descended in a prominent Minneapolis family. George P. Douglas (1865-1951) was born in Stowe, Vermont, and raised in Minneapolis. After attending Yale, he returned to Minnesota and became an attorney. He was a club man, belonging to three country clubs in addition to two Yale clubs. He served as the first president of the Minneapolis Athletic Club as well as a life member of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, which was founded in 1883 and established what is now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). The family donated a fine Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988) painting of Stowe, dated 1931, to MIA in 1955. Other family members include supporters of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and the founder of H. S. Cleveland Co., a Minneapolis furniture retailer.
Dog historian A. F. Hochwalt writes, "Eventually such men [...] who own high class shooting dogs began to cultivate [Rosseau's] acquaintance, for artists who can portray the pointer and the setter, as he really appears in the field, those who are able to transfer to canvas an actual hunting scene where the dog is not a mere caricature, are few and far between the world over." This fine painting is a classic Rosseau depiction of these majestic sporting dogs.
Provenance: Private Collection, MinnesotaCondition
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