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Charles H. Chapin
High Peaks in the Adriondacks

$55,000
£41,355.57
€48,023.84
CA$76,806.34
A$85,183.92
CHF 44,734.42
MX$1,046,119.14
NOK 566,295.28
SEK 534,024.03
DKK 358,310.70
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Charles Henry Chapin - American (1830 - 1889) “High Peaks of the Adirondacks” Note: Peaks include Mount Marcy, Haystack Mountain, Basin Mountain, as viewed from the Ausable Lake Area Provenance: Private Collection Louisiana H 30 in. x W 50 in. x D 5 in., H 76.2 cm x W 127 cm x D 12.7 cm Oil on canvas, signed lower left About the artist This is a view of the high peaks in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York. They show the mountains as seen from the Ausable Lake area including Mount Marcy, Mount Haystack, Iroquois Peak, and Algonquin Peak. 19th century panoramic views of this group of mountains, which are deeper in the Adirondacks, are not common. This painting was completed in the 1870s. Charles Chapin moved between studios in Boston, New York City, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. He often changed locations as an artist who was often itinerant. He was both an illustrator, art teacher and painter. He painted dramatic landscapes that showed his enthusiasm for far off places like the Grand Canyon and scenes in the Adirondack Mountains. Charles Chapin was an illustrator of Civil War scenes for Harper's Weekly in 1864 and also painted in Arizona. Sources: Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940 George Arnold, Arnold Fine Art, Ormond Beach, Florida John Mahe, Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists askart

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