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Emma Fordyce MacRae
“The White Boat", Gloucester, Massachusetts, dock scene by Emma Fordyce MacRae

$14,500
£11,026.61
€12,718.66
CA$20,311.85
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"The White Boat" is a wonderful large-scale example of MacRae's mature style. Her work has soared in value lately - this Gloucester scene is prime example of her Cape Ann work. 22"x30" not including frame 30"x38" including frame Born in Vienna, Austria, Emma Fordyce MacRae became a noted painter of floral still lifes, landscapes, waterscapes and female figures. She was raised in New York City, and most of her professional life was in New York City, but she also spent much time in Cape Ann and Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 1911, she enrolled at the Art Students League, studying with Frank Vincent DuMond and Kenneth Hayes Miller. In 1915 and later, she studied with Francis Luis Mora, John Sloan and Ernest Blumenschein. At the New York School of Art, she again studied with Miller and with Robert Reid. In 1914, she had her first exhibition, which was in New York at the Anderson Galleries. The style of those exhibited paintings was "broad impressionist inspired" with "a hint of the form and the careful arrangement that would characterize her later compositions." One of her favorite locations to paint was Cape Ann and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Unlike many of her contemporaries in those locations, she avoided painting the open vistas of the ocean. In 1925, she inherited a home that her father had built in Gloucester, which meant she spent considerable time in that location as well as New York City. She exhibited at the Gallery-on-the-Moors, the North Shore Arts Association and the Gloucester Society of Artists. In 1936, she and the French artist, Raoul Dufy, held a joint exhibition in New York. She became a member of the National Association of Women Artists in 1923 and was active in numerous other East Coast art associations including Philadelphia, Gloucester, and Boston.
  • Creator:
    Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
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  • Condition:
    Frame and painting in very good condition.
  • Gallery Location:
    Rockport, MA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2222212311122

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