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THBJohn Leslie Breck (American, 1859-1899), A Mill-stream
Lot 75
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- Lot Description
John Leslie Breck (American, 1859-1899)
A Mill-stream
Signed, inscribed, and dated "JOHN LESLIE BRECK GIVERNY 1890" l.c., titled on a handwritten label affixed to the stretcher, with a label from Haley & Steele Art Dealers, Boston, affixed to the stretcher bar and a canvas stencil from Paul Foinet, Paris, on the reverse.
Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 21 7/8 in. (46.0 x 55.5 cm), framed.
Condition: Craquelure.
Provenance: Possibly acquired by Hollis French (1868-1940), then by descent to the current private collection.
N.B. Boston painter John Leslie Breck first visited the French village of Giverny in the summer of 1887 with a group of fellow American students that included Willard Leroy Metcalf and Theodore Robinson. There they met Claude Monet and began to emulate the Impressionist master's style. While most of Breck's colleagues returned to their studies in Paris after the summer hiatus, Breck remained in Giverny through the winter of 1888-89 and became one of the earliest American artists to embrace Impressionism. He was instrumental in establishing the American art colony in Giverny and was among the few American painters to develop a relationship with Monet. An exhibition of Breck's loosely brushed, vibrantly colored, light-filled paintings at Boston's St. Botolph Club in 1890 marked the debut of American Impressionism in the city.
We would like to thank Royal W. Leith for his kind assistance with cataloguing this lot.Condition
Condition: The handwritten label affixed to the stretcher reads: "Artist- John Leslie Breck/2 Newbury St. Boston/Title- 'A Mill-stream'/To be returned to artist's address."
Framed dimensions: 23 1/4 x 27 x 1 3/4 in.
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