7TH SUMMER SALE NOW Massachusetts OiL JOHN J ENNEKING Forest at Sunrise 20" x24"

Description: 7TH ANNUAL SUMMER SALE NOW *Price Shown is the Sale Price ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE .............JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING.............'FOREST AT SUNRISE', OIL ON CANVAS, 20" x 24"............. This is a 20" x 24" Original and Vintage oil on canvas by the important Massachusetts painter John Joseph Enneking, 1841-1916. This image is of a forest interior at sunrise. Signed at lower right 'Enneking'. Fine condition. In the original frame. The Biography Follows: John Joseph Enneking was a prominent painter of New England landscapes, who worked in a style that reflected the influences of Impressionism and Tonalism. Born in Minster, Ohio, around forty miles north of Cincinnati, he was the only child of a farmer and his wife. When both of his parents died in 1856, Enneking went to live with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati. He began to study art at Mount St. Mary's College, where he enrolled in 1858. Three years later, he joined the Union Army. During the Civil War, he received several injuries, and he returned to Cincinnati when one of his wounds was found to be severe. In 1864, he resided in New York briefly before moving to Boston, where he continued his art studies with Samuel Gerry and, in 1868, married Mary Eliot of Maine. The couple built a house in Hyde Park, a suburb of Boston, which remained their permanent home for the rest of their lives. In 1872, Enneking went to Europe with his wife and two small children. He visited France, Switzerland, Italy, and Germany. During a stay in Munich, he received instruction from Eduard Schleich and Adolphe Lier. In Paris, he studied with the realist painter of portraits, Léon Bonnat, and the Barbizon School landscape painter, Charles-François Daubigny. The art of Daubigny would remain a significant influence on Enneking for the rest of his career. On his return to Hyde Park in 1876, Enneking built a studio at the rear of his house. His residence soon became a gathering place for a number of prominent artists of the day, including George Inness, Charles Pepper, Ralph Blakelock, and Frank Shapleigh. In the last decades of the nineteenth century, Enneking held an important role in the Boston art scene. He was president of the Boston Art Club, and a member of the Twentieth Century Club, the Pudding Stone Club, the Hyde Park Historical Society, the Boston Paint and Clay Club, and the Boston Guild. He exhibited his works frequently in local galleries as well as in annual exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Enneking received medals at the Paris Exposition of 1900, the Pan-Pacific Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, and at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. In his art, Enneking defied categorization. He often painted landscapes at twilight that suggest the influence of Tonalism, but many of his works are rendered with a strong and exuberant brushwork that demonstrates his adherence to an Impressionist approach. His favorite subject was the landscape near his Hyde Park home, which he portrayed on days of deep snow cover as well as sunlit summer afternoons. Often a home or pasture with sheep are featured in his paintings, conveying the pastoral qualities of the sylvan countryside. Enneking's art was extremely popular in Boston, and was often discussed in the local press. His works may be found in many public collections including the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, the Fuller Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. As ever this is guaranteed 100% money back, to be as represented.

Price: 2800 USD

Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

End Time: 2024-12-01T18:43:07.000Z

Shipping Cost: 25 USD