By Walter Blackman
Located in Southampton, NY
Fabulous oil on canvas painting of a Venetian flower girl by Walter Blackman. It is in good condition with its original gold gilt frame. This painting was done circa 1895 and has been relined. There is strong evidence that this painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. See end of biography below. Overall size is 28.5 x 44 inches. Signed lower right.
Walter Blackman was born in New York in 1847 and died December 13, l928 in Chicago, Illinois. He received his formal training under the hand of Jean-Leon Gerome. Walter Blackman was drawn to Paris's three ateliers that were established at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1863, under the direction, respectively, of Gerome Cabanel and Isidore Pils (1813-1875). It was Gerome who was most popular among American painters. His consistency of rigorous academic style and durability as a teacher made him a significant resource for dozens of American students; Thomas Eakins, Fredric Arthur Bridgeman, Edwin Lord Weeks, Kenyon Cox, Julius L. Stewart, Mary...
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19th Century American Impressionist Walter Blackman Art