Edward Willis Redfield (American, 1869–1965) Maine Squall

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American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists

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Dec 5, 2021

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• Lot Description
  Edward Willis Redfield (American, 1869–1965) Maine Squall

  Dedicated, signed and dated 'To Mattie/E.W.Redfield/1948' bottom left, oil on canvas
  26 1/4 x 32 1/8 in. (66.7 x 81.6cm)
  In a Frederick Harer frame.

  
  
  

  Provenance

  Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
  Acquired directly from the above.
  Private Collection, New Jersey.

  
  
  Footnote:

  Note

  In 1903, Edward Redfield and his wife, Elise, started summering in Boothbay Harbor and Monhegan Island, Maine. With its rugged hills and shallow beaches, Maine's landscape provided Redfield the liberating opportunity to explore and capture untouched forms of nature unique to the northern seacoast. The seascapes Redfield painted in Maine during this period are considered among his best works. They reflect his ferocious painterly method with rapid, spontaneous brushstrokes echoing the artist's energy. Robert Henri, who often joined the Redfields in Maine, noted the impression the artist had on local inhabitants, "slinging the paint over big canvases, astounding the natives and astounding the local artists with his rapidity as well as his results..."

  Painted circa 1930s, the present work depicts an agitated sea along the rugged shoreline, with what appears to be Monhegan Island in the distance, where Redfield often stayed and in fact painted several canvases. Here the artist builds up paint with multiple layers of thick pigment to indicate a change in the weather and the upcoming storm, as revealed by the menacing clouds in the background and the already-pouring rain at upper right. The result is a rich impastoed texture reminiscent of the artist's earlier snow scenes set in Bucks County. Through lively and rigorous brushstrokes, Redfield infuses a sense of power to the scene, indicating an ongoing fascination with the ever-changing elements. Vividly colored rocks in the foreground provide a strong contrast with the pastel-blue sky and the water's whitecaps in the background, producing a well-balanced jewel-toned work celebrating Maine's so distinct landscape, and capricious weather.

  
  
  Condition report:

  Frame: 34 x 40 x 2 1/2 in.

  The unlined canvas in overall very good (close to excellent) original condition. Loight craquelure at upper right (very faint). Examination under UV light reveals small dots of inpainting along left outer edge of the canvas, at center mostly (in the sky, sea and top of the rocks) as well as at upper right. See Specialist's pictures.

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