$10,575
Edmund Charles Tarbell (American, 1862-1938) Portrait of George E. Belcher Signed and dated "Tarbell 27" l.r. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm), in a signed, dated and numbered "1927 Thulin 1735" frame. Condition: Lined, retouch. Provenance: George and Elva Belcher to Gertrude H. Belcher to John Hill to Beatrice Monk through to the present collection. Literature: Patricia Jobe Pierce, Edmund C. Tarbell and the Boston School of Painting (1889-1980) (Pierce Galleries: Hingham, Massachusetts, 1980), p. 187. N.B. Edmund Charles Tarbell was born in 1862 and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. At age 15, he began a three year apprenticeship at Forbes Lithographic Company. He then attended the Boston Museum School and the Academie Julian in Paris. In 1886, he moved to New York and became a member of the Society of American Artists. He broke from that society in the 1890's when he joined The Ten, a group of established painters that held independent exhibitions. Tarbell became the president of the Guild of Boston Artists in 1913 and spent considerable time abroad painting portraits, including one of Woodrow Wilson that is currently at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-11-19
