Hudson River School of Art Auction Ending 12/11

#11 – ALBERTUS DEL ORIENT BROWERE (American, 1814-1887), ''Twin Lakes and Catskills Mountain House.” Framed, oil on canvas iconic View in the Catskill Mountains of the Catskill Mountain House where many Hudson River School Artists visited, and the Twin Lakes high up in the Catskill Mountaiins. AskArt Bio: Landscape, still life and genre painter, Albertus Del Orient Browere was born in Tarrytown, New York in 1814. He was the son of Henry Issac Browere, a sculptor of life masks. Browere received his art training from his father and first exhibited at the National Academy in 1831. In 1832 he was awarded a Silver Medal for having the "Best Oil Painting" at the American Institute of the City of New York, and in 1841 was awarded another Silver Medal from the National Academy. Established in New York City, Browere executed eight scenes from the writings of Washington Irving. One example is the rather ambitious battle scene, Peter Stuyvesant at the Recapture of Fort Casimir (1838; M. Knoedler and Co., New York), full of animated figure groups and descriptive detail. Then he moved to Catskill where he focused on landscapes. Meanwhile, Browere was exhibiting works at the American Art-Union, the National Academy, and at the Apollo Association. He also exhibited The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow in 1839. The New York Historical Association in Cooperstown has one of Browere's lively genre works, Mrs. McCormick's General Store (1844), regarded by some as his masterpiece. The trouble-making boys are being scolded by the proprietress, while the lad on the left is shoplifting. Browere became a Hudson River landscapist whose recognition came mostly after his death. He was also a painter of genre, still life and scenes from the literature of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. When news of the California Gold Rush came to him, he sailed in 1852 to California, traveling around Cape Horn, and stayed for four years. In 1858, he made another and final trip West, going over the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco. He stayed several years, and California landscapes exist from this period as well as ones depicting mining activities of the Gold Rush. As interested in mining as painting, he "often painted himself into his mining scenes as a red-shirted miner." (Hughes 153) By age 17, he was painting historical subjects and exhibiting at the National Academy in New York City where he was a student. From 1833 to 1848, he exhibited at the American Academy, the Apollo Association, and the American Art Union. After his father died in 1834, Browere moved to Catskill, New York, where he remained for his life excepting the two periods of travel that took him to California. In Catskill, he earned money as an apothecary and as a carriage and sign painter for local merchants. He painted in the countryside during his free time. Sources: Williams, Hermann Warner, Jr. Mirror to the American Past: A Survey of American Genre Painting: 1750-1900. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, pp. 98-101; Hills, Patricia. The Painter's America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974, fig. 19; Hoopes, Donelson F. American Narrative Painting. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974, cat. nos. 36-37; O California! Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century California Landscapes and Observations. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1990. Sight: 13x21, Overall: 20.5x28.5”. Auction Record: $19,000. Estimate: $8,000-$16,000. (See multiple photos for details and condition.)

ALBERTUS DEL ORIENT BROWERE (American, 1814-1887), ''Twin Lakes and Catskills Mountain House.” Framed, oil on canvas iconic View in the Catskill Mountains of the Catskill Mountain House where many Hudson River School Artists visited, and the Twin Lakes high up in the Catskill Mountaiins. AskArt Bio: Landscape, still life and genre painter, Albertus Del Orient Browere was born in Tarrytown, New York in 1814. He was the son of Henry Issac Browere, a sculptor of life masks. Browere received his art training from his father and first exhibited at the National Academy in 1831. In 1832 he was awarded a Silver Medal for having the "Best Oil Painting" at the American Institute of the City of New York, and in 1841 was awarded another Silver Medal from the National Academy. Established in New York City, Browere executed eight scenes from the writings of Washington Irving. One example is the rather ambitious battle scene, Peter Stuyvesant at the Recapture of Fort Casimir (1838; M. Knoedler and Co., New York), full of animated figure groups and descriptive detail. Then he moved to Catskill where he focused on landscapes. Meanwhile, Browere was exhibiting works at the American Art-Union, the National Academy, and at the Apollo Association. He also exhibited The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow in 1839. The New York Historical Association in Cooperstown has one of Browere's lively genre works, Mrs. McCormick's General Store (1844), regarded by some as his masterpiece. The trouble-making boys are being scolded by the proprietress, while the lad on the left is shoplifting. Browere became a Hudson River landscapist whose recognition came mostly after his death. He was also a painter of genre, still life and scenes from the literature of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. When news of the California Gold Rush came to him, he sailed in 1852 to California, traveling around Cape Horn, and stayed for four years. In 1858, he made another and final trip West, going over the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco. He stayed several years, and California landscapes exist from this period as well as ones depicting mining activities of the Gold Rush. As interested in mining as painting, he "often painted himself into his mining scenes as a red-shirted miner." (Hughes 153) By age 17, he was painting historical subjects and exhibiting at the National Academy in New York City where he was a student. From 1833 to 1848, he exhibited at the American Academy, the Apollo Association, and the American Art Union. After his father died in 1834, Browere moved to Catskill, New York, where he remained for his life excepting the two periods of travel that took him to California. In Catskill, he earned money as an apothecary and as a carriage and sign painter for local merchants. He painted in the countryside during his free time. Sources: Williams, Hermann Warner, Jr. Mirror to the American Past: A Survey of American Genre Painting: 1750-1900. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, pp. 98-101; Hills, Patricia. The Painter's America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974, fig. 19; Hoopes, Donelson F. American Narrative Painting. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974, cat. nos. 36-37; O California! Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century California Landscapes and Observations. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1990. Sight: 13x21, Overall: 20.5x28.5”. Auction Record: $19,000. Estimate: $8,000-$16,000. (See multiple photos for details and condition.)

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