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#15 – Magnificent, 19thC Framed George L. Clough (1824-1901) Expansive Pastoral View with River. This large oil on canvas painting, perhaps of the upper Hudson River, has two children picking flowers in front of a dwelling in the foreground, with livestock in the background. It is signed lower left. According to Covington Gallery: A notable landscape painter of the 19th Century, George Lafayette Clough was born in Auburn, New York. He was basically a self-taught painter, but did receive a fair amount of training from Charles Loring Elliott in Auburn and New York. In the 1850's he traveled to Europe to study and spent time in Italy, Holland, and Germany. Upon his return he began to concentrate on pastoral scenes, which became primary subject, usually done around Auburn. He was a member of the Brooklyn Brush and Palette Club and exhibited at the National Academy, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Brooklyn Art Association, Boston Art Club, The Cosmopolitan Art Association and others. Partial AskArt Bio: George Lafayette Clough was born September 18, 1824, in Auburn, New York, and was that city's leading landscapist and, known as a Hudson River School painter, became Auburn's most noted resident painter of the mid-century. His mother was widowed shortly after his birth, and he was raised without paternal influence. He had little formal education and was employed by the age of ten. By age fifteen he had taken up painting, and his first and informal art influence came from the portraitist, Randall Palmer. In 1844 Clough opened his own studio in Auburn. About that time Charles Loring Elliott came to Auburn to paint a portrait of William Henry Seward, a local statesman, and chose Clough's studio for that purpose. Elliott became Clough's teacher, and in 1847, he began formal study for several months in Elliott's New York City studio. He returned to Auburn from that experience a competent professional portraitist. Two of his portraits were exhibited at the National Academy of Design the following year. He married and briefly shared a studio in Auburn with Joseph Meeker. In the early 1850's, he traveled to France, Holland, Italy, and Germany to study. While in each location, Clough would study the local painting traditions and copy some of their works, a common custom of American artists. Upon return to the United States, his efforts concentrated primarily on landscapes. His favorite locales included the Adirondacks, and the woodland areas of upper New York State, Pennsylvania, New England, and Eastern Ohio. When he moved to Cleveland about 1862, Clough began painting urban views. Spending most of the 1880's in the New York City area, he became involved in the Brooklyn Art Association. Source: Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art, p. 208. Auction Record: $37,200. Estimate: $15,000-$30,000. Sight: 23x35”, Overall: 38x50”. (See multiple photos for details and condition.)

Magnificent, 19thC Framed George L. Clough (1824-1901) Expansive Pastoral View with River. This large oil on canvas painting, perhaps of the upper Hudson River, has two children picking flowers in front of a dwelling in the foreground, with livestock in the background. It is signed lower left. According to Covington Gallery: A notable landscape painter of the 19th Century, George Lafayette Clough was born in Auburn, New York. He was basically a self-taught painter, but did receive a fair amount of training from Charles Loring Elliott in Auburn and New York. In the 1850's he traveled to Europe to study and spent time in Italy, Holland, and Germany. Upon his return he began to concentrate on pastoral scenes, which became primary subject, usually done around Auburn. He was a member of the Brooklyn Brush and Palette Club and exhibited at the National Academy, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Brooklyn Art Association, Boston Art Club, The Cosmopolitan Art Association and others. Partial AskArt Bio: George Lafayette Clough was born September 18, 1824, in Auburn, New York, and was that city's leading landscapist and, known as a Hudson River School painter, became Auburn's most noted resident painter of the mid-century. His mother was widowed shortly after his birth, and he was raised without paternal influence. He had little formal education and was employed by the age of ten. By age fifteen he had taken up painting, and his first and informal art influence came from the portraitist, Randall Palmer. In 1844 Clough opened his own studio in Auburn. About that time Charles Loring Elliott came to Auburn to paint a portrait of William Henry Seward, a local statesman, and chose Clough's studio for that purpose. Elliott became Clough's teacher, and in 1847, he began formal study for several months in Elliott's New York City studio. He returned to Auburn from that experience a competent professional portraitist. Two of his portraits were exhibited at the National Academy of Design the following year. He married and briefly shared a studio in Auburn with Joseph Meeker. In the early 1850's, he traveled to France, Holland, Italy, and Germany to study. While in each location, Clough would study the local painting traditions and copy some of their works, a common custom of American artists. Upon return to the United States, his efforts concentrated primarily on landscapes. His favorite locales included the Adirondacks, and the woodland areas of upper New York State, Pennsylvania, New England, and Eastern Ohio. When he moved to Cleveland about 1862, Clough began painting urban views. Spending most of the 1880's in the New York City area, he became involved in the Brooklyn Art Association. Source: Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art, p. 208. Auction Record: $37,200. Estimate: $15,000-$30,000. Sight: 23x35”, Overall: 38x50”. (See multiple photos for details and condition.)

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