Winter Antique Art and Arms, Dec.14th., 2024
Lot 6638:
Very fine original watercolor painting "Long’s Peak from the Big Thompson river, Estes Park" by well listed Colorado artist Charles Partridge Adams ( 1858-1942). Framed. Signed.
Size: 14 7/8" x 19" framed; Image: 6 3/4" x 10 3/4".
Provenance: Private collection, Denver, Colorado.
Charles Adams moved to Colorado in 1876 and became captivated by the landscape, finding a uniqueness and ?poetry of the West? that he sought to capture on his canvases. Adams was largely self-taught and highly influenced by his studies of the work of George Inness. Painting en plein air throughout the West, Adams developed a style that was impressionistic and focused on the effects of changing light, particularly the fleeting moments just before or after a storm or during a sunset/sunrise. Two hallmarks of Adams style are a mountain peak with a valley view and his distinctive application of paint. The artist often utilized thin layers of paint punctuated by areas of heavy impasto, allowing him to emphasize atmospheric differences and geological formations.
EXHIBITIONS:
National Mining and Industrial Exhibition, 1884 Denver (gold)
Denver Chain and Hardy Bookstore, 1886 (solo)
National Academy of Design, 1890, 1896-1897
Chicago Art Institute, 1892, 1897, 1899, 1901
Artists’ Club, 1894
Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901 (honorable mention)
Interstate and West Indian Fair, Charleston, South Carolina, 1901-1902 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904.
COLLECTIONS:
Denver Art Museum
Kansas City Art Association, Missouri
San Diego Museum
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
Women’s Club, Denver
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