Donald Blagge Barton Granite Quarry Painting, circa 1930s

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Donald Blagge Barton Granite Quarry Painting, circa 1930s

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An oil on canvas painting by Donald Blagge Barton (1903-1990) depicting a Rockport (Massachusetts) granite quarry, beautifully and expressively painted, in a custom-made chestnut frame. Signed lower right. Framed dimensions: 27 3/4" H x 32 7/8" W. Provenance: Purchased at Alfred J. Walker Fine Art, Newbury Street, Boston and in a private Gloucester, Massachusetts collection since 1989. An unusual subject, capturing the granite quarry industry--the busy quarry captured with wonderful texture and color, the stone quarry workers, their equipment and the train arriving to take the quarried granite to barges waiting in the harbor. Granite from Cape Ann Massachusetts was second only in fishing in terms of economic output . Local quarries supplied building projects in New York, Philadelphia and along the Atlantic seaboard from the 1830s through the mod-20th century. For more historical information on granite quarrying on Cape Ann, please see: http://www.capeannmuseum.org/collections/granite-quarrying/ Information on the artist: Donald Blagge Barton ( 1903-1990). "A painter of Impressionist marine views and landscapes, Donald Barton, born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1903, was especially noted for his scenes of fishing boats in Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts. He traveled in 1927 to Europe and North Africa, and in 1928 to New Mexico and Arizona, where he painted pueblo Indians and the Grand Canyon. By 1935, he turned much of his energy to a job as occupational therapist at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and to photography because he needed to support his family financially. He operated Barton Photography Studio in Fitchburg and worked as an occupational therapist for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases to 1970. Many of his canvases were stored for years in the barn of his home in Fitchburg and were rediscovered in 1987 by a city planner from Boston and were subsequently exhibited in Boston and New Jersey. Thus, he earned attention for his painting talents just before his death in 1990. Studied: Metropolitan School of Art. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1922-25 with Philip Hale and Michael Jacobs Privately with Gifford Beal, Henry Webster Rice and William Lester Stevens Charles Woodbury School, Ogonquit, Maine with A. T. Hibbard in Rockport, 1923 Massachusetts Normal School of Art Grand Central Art School, New York City, 1925-26 Hans Hoffman in Munich and Capri, c. 1926 Member: Rockport Art Association, 1923. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Exhibited: Dallas Art Museum. Art Institute of Chicago. Rockport Art Association, 1923-24, 1989 (solo). The Casson Gallery, Boston, Maine, 1927. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia Watercolor Show), 1930. Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2000. Milch Gallery, New York City. Jane Law's Long Beach Gallery, 1990. National Academy of Design, 1931 (prize). Fitchburg Art Museum, 1931, 1932 (solo). American Watercolor Society, 1931-32 (prize). Alfred Walker Gallery of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989. Kollar & Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Marbella Gallery, New York City, 1992. References Falk (ed.), Annual Exhibition Record, 1901-1950 National Academy of Design. Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975. Mallett, Mallett's Index of Artists: International-Biographical. Opitz (ed.), Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers Dunbier (ed.), The Artists Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005. Spanierman Gallery (ed.), Art for the New Collector, Re-Emerging American Artists. Spanierman Gallery, Art for the New Collector 1840-2001. Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art, Artists Active 1898-1947."

Dimensions:
Height: 27.72 in (70.41 cm)Width: 32.88 in (83.52 cm)Depth: 1.88 in (4.78 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Chestnut,Paint
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1930-1939
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1930s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Essex, MA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU83772551952