William Bliss Baker was born in New York City in 1859 and grew up in Ballston Spa, New York. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1876 to 1880, winning the Elliott prize for drawing in 1879, and he also studied under Albert Bierstadt and Mauritz F. H. de Haas. Baker began to exhibit his work at the National Academy of Design in 1881, where he won the prestigious Hallgarten prize in 1884. By 1883 Baker’s Tonalist woodland interiors and landscapes, which are remarkable for their detail and evocative moods, had attracted the interest of the most important collectors of American art. Baker’s tragic death in 1886 was, in the words of a contemporary critic, “a distinct loss to American art. What plane of excellence he might not have reached in advancing years (he was but twenty-seven when he died) can only be premised from the work he had already accomplished, but certainly that promised the highest results.”
Baker exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1881 to 1886, Brooklyn Art Association from 1882 to 1886, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1883 and 1884, American Art Association and Union League Club in 1884, American Watercolor Society in 1884 and 1885, Boston Art Club, and the Prize Fund Exhibition in 1885. His work can be found in the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York; Saint Bonaventure University, New York; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee; University of Minnesota, Duluth; Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; University of Washington, Seattle; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada.
(Biography provided by Godel & Co. Fine Art)
Woodland Scene
By William Bliss Baker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Woodland Scene, 1885 Oil on canvas, 38 x 50 inches (96.5 x 127 cm) Framed dimensions: 49 3/8 x 61 3/8 inches Signed and dated lower left: W Bliss Baker 1885 Provenance Albert E Clue...
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 15 in W 25 in
Sunset on the Hudson River by Hermann Simon (American, 1846-1895)
Located in New York, NY
Painted by Hudson River School artist Hermann Simon (1846-1895) , "Sunset on the Hudson River" is oil on canvas, measures 15 x 25 inches, and is signed and dated 1875 at the lower ri...
Canvas, Oil
$19,500
H 8 in W 13 in
Lake George by Hudson River School artist William Richardson Tyler (1825-1896)
Located in New York, NY
Hudson River School artist William Richardson Tyler's (1825-1896) "Lake George," is oil on canvas and measures 8 x 13 inches. The painting is signed at the lower center and signed an...
Canvas, Oil
“Woodland Study”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Remarkably, this painting tells its own story on the verso. To save your eyesight, here's what it reveals: James McDougal Hart (1828-1901) Landscape, animal, and portrait painter. A ...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
On the Long Island Coast
By Sanford Robinson Gifford
Located in New York, NY
Prominent Luminist Hudson River School painter
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 12 in W 18 in
Hudson River Landscape by American Artist Johann Hermann Carmiencke (1810-1867)
By Johann Hermann Carmiencke
Located in New York, NY
Painted by Hudson River School artist Johann Hermann Carmiencke, "Hudson River Landscape" is oil on canvas and measures 12 x 18 inches. The painting is signed and dated 1865 at the l...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 31.5 in W 39 in D 2.5 in
“Quebec City, 1853” Panoramic Landscape View, Cityscape, Canada Signed Oil
By Edmund C. Coates
Located in Yardley, PA
“Quebec City, 1853” by Edmund C. Coates (American, 1816-1871). A luminous 19th-century view of Quebec City by the American painter Edmund C. Coates, known for his detailed Hudson Ri...
Canvas, Oil
Into the Night
By Ralph Albert Blakelock
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: RA Blakelock.
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
H 24 in W 20 in
Fishermen by a Brook by Charles Wilson Knapp (American, 1823-1900)
By Charles Wilson Knapp
Located in New York, NY
Hudson River School artist Charles Wilson Knapp's (1823-1900) "Fisherman by a Brook" is oil on canvas and measures 24 x 20 inches. The work is signed by Knapp at the lower left. The ...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 11.25 in W 15.75 in
Trout Fishing, 1871 by Hudson River School artist Ernest Parton (1845-1933)
By Ernest Parton
Located in New York, NY
Hudson River School artist Ernest Parton's (1845-1933) "Trout Fishing," is oil on canvas, measures 11.25 x 15.75 inches, and is signed and dated 1871 at the lower left. The work is f...
Oil, Canvas
$15,000
H 9 in W 15 in
Autumn Landscape (NH) by Hudson River artist Henry A. Ferguson (1845-1911)
By Henry A. Ferguson
Located in New York, NY
Painted by Hudson River School artist Henry A. Ferguson (1845-1911), "Autumn Landscape (NH)" is oil on canvas and measures 9 x 15 inches. The painting is signed and dated 1864, at th...
Canvas, Oil
$385,000
H 12.5 in W 20.25 in
View on the Hudson, the Catskills in the Distance
By Francis Augustus Silva
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: F.A. SILVA.
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 12 in W 20 in
Fishing Scene by Hudson River School artist John Carleton Wiggins (1848-1932)
By John Carleton Wiggins
Located in New York, NY
Summer Fishing Scene by Hudson River School artist John Carleton Wiggins (1848-1932) is oil on canvas and measures 12 x 20 inches. The painting is signed by Wiggins at the lower left...
Canvas, Oil