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Artist: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
The Hound
By Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Oil on board
Signed within painting (on bucket): AFT
Provenance
Private collection
Why We Love It
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Mid-19th Century Realist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
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The Intruder
By Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was born at Livesey Hall, near Liverpool, England, and began his career as a clerk at the gallery of Agnew & Zanetti’s Repository of Arts in Manchester. While...
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Pleasant Thoughts oil painting by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
By Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Located in Hudson, NY
This painting is listed in the W.H. Cadbury and H.F. Marsh book Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, Delaware, 1986, no.59.36t. It is hand-signed "AF Tait...
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1850s Hudson River School Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
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Canvas, Oil
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Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait first studied at London's Royal Academy before emigrating to New York in 1850. Influenced by the work of Edwin Landseer and by the style of the Pre-Raphaelites, Tait established himself as a realistic painter of animals shown in their natural surroundings. In his summer studio in the Adirondack Mountains, he concentrated on painting animal and sporting scenes, often with humorous or anecdotal content. These genre paintings appealed to a wide audience and, from 1852, Currier & Ives published a successful series of lithographs of the artist's work. By the end of his life, Tait was celebrated as America's pre-eminent animal painter. His works are held in the permanent collections of the nation's most prominent museums, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery in Washington, DC.
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