George Ames Aldrich c.1910 Hesdin France oil painting Indiana Chicago artist

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George Ames Aldrich c.1910 Hesdin France oil painting Indiana Chicago artist :
$1900.00

Beautiful c.1910-11 impressionist painting by Hoosier Salon artist, George Ames Aldrich (1872-1941). Oil on artist board measures 11 x 14 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed lower left. The image depicts La Canche river at Rue de Moulins in Hesdin France. One very small area of paint flaking near signature. Otherwise, no damage, loss or restoration. No overpaint. The dark areas at upper margin in the sky are merely the artist board surface, not paint loss. All original condition. The painting has never been cleaned and will require one to reveal the beautiful reflections in water and subtle tones of the buildings. Original framer label affixed en verso. Frame has areas of loss as is apparent in photos.

Birth place:Worcester, MA

Death place:Chicago, IL

Addresses:South Bend, IN; Chicago, IL

Profession:Landscape painter, etcher

Studied:ASL; MIT; Académie Julian, Paris; Colarossi Acad.; Aman-Jean; Whistler; Collin; Thaulow.

Exhibited:Hoosier Salon, 1923 (prize), 1926 (prize), 1929 (prize), 1932 (prize); AIC, 1926 (prize).

Member:Chicago PS; Soc. des Artistes Français; Chicago Gal. Assn.; Hoosier Salon.

Work:Sioux City Art Soc.; Purdue Univ.; Univ. Illinois; Union League Club, Aurora; Decatur Mus.; MFA, Houston; murals, MusÈe de Rouen, France; Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, IN; War Mothers Bldg., Washington, DC.

Comments:Positions: illus.,The London Times, Punchmagazines. He studied and worked extensively in Europe, painting in Normandy and Brittany c.1909-10, and again in 1924, when he spent 6 months at the American Academy in Rome and 3 months at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts on scholarship, traveling and sketching in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and England thereafter.

One of South Bend, Indiana\'s best-known landscape painters of the 20th century, George Ames Aldrich became most associated with richly painted impressionist landscapes with water of Brittany and Normandy.

He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 3, 1872. His early art experience took place in the 1890\'s while living in Europe. He studied art in the Midwest, the East Coast, and throughout Europe, becoming a successful and respected etcher and painter. He worked as an illustrator for bothPunchmagazine andThe London Timesin the 1890\'s.

Returning to the United States, he became a member of the Art Students\' League in New York City. Soon thereafter, it is thought he may have studied architecture at M.I.T. in Massachusetts, and his experience there is evident in the buildings and houses in many of his landscapes.

Aldrich continued his art education in Paris, attending Academies Julian and Colarossi, and later joining the Societe des Artistes Francais. His personal style was refined as he spent several years traveling throughout Europe. Between 1909 and 1910, Aldrich lived with artist/instructor Dieppe, completing many of his most popular paintings in Normandy and Brittany.

In 1918, Aldrich arrived in Chicago and became involved with the South Bend art scene during the 1920s. The Indiana dune country, at the southern end of Lake Michigan, was a popular subject for Chicago\'s painters. The area had reverted to wilderness after the Indians left and after the Chicago fire, when thousands of trees were cut down to rebuild the city.

Aldrich exhibited regularly at the Art Institute of Chicago, and was a member of the Chicago Galleries Association, the Hoosier Salon, and the Chicago Society of Painters and Sculptors. In 1924, he won an architectural club traveling scholarship and traveled to Europe to paint in England, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France.

His work is represented in many museums throughout the world, and many private and corporate collections carry his work including the Union League of Chicago and the War Mothers Building in Washington DC.

He died in Chicago in 1941.