1893 RARE FIND!W.GRANDVILLE SMITH-COUPLE COURTING,PICNIC (Art

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Manufacturer: USA

ORIGINAL 1893 ANTIQUE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH BY: W. (WALTER) GRANDVILLE SMITH. WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A WONDERFUL ***RARE*** FIND ~ HARD TO OBTAIN ~ ILLUSTRATION BY AN ARTIST THAT TAKES IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR HIS ORIGINAL ART WORKS.

THIS PARTICULAR PRINT IS: COUPLE RELAXING OUTDOORS, AT WATERS EDGE. DONE FROM THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR.
LOVELY VICTORIAN COUPLE SPENDING A QUIET DAY TOGETHER. THEIR BOAT IN THE BACKGROUND, COMING ON SHORE TO ENJOY A PICNIC TOGETHER. HER SUITOR HAS GIVEN HER A LOVELY ROSE SHE IS HOLDING. LOTS OF DETAILING IN THIS ARTWORK. LOVELY SERENE COLORING OF GREENS, BROWNS, BLUES, PINKS, BEIGES. SIGNED IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER: W. GRANVILLE SMITH * 1893. HE CREATED THIS PIECE WHEN HE WAS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD. GREAT ARTISTIC TALENT.

HOUSED IN A GOLD PAINTED OLD WOOD FRAME THAT IS **LARGE** IN SIZE, GREAT TO PLACE OVER A SOFA OR HEADBOARD. FRAME MEASURES 23-1/2 INCHES WIDE BY 17-3/8 INCHES HIGH. WE REPLACED THE OLD CARDBOARD, ORIGINAL WIRING READY TO HANG ON YOUR WALLS.

LARGE PRINT IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION. NO TEARS, ONLY AREA THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IS THE WATER STAIN AT LOWER RIGHT CORNER SURROUNDING THE ARTISTS SIGNATURE MARKING. WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE PIECE TO SHOW HIS SIGNATURE. COULD BE RESTORED, SINCE THIS PIECE IS VERY VALUABLE. THE BACK OF THE PRINT SHOWS DARKEN AGEING OF PAPER. BACK PRINT SIZE MEASURES 20 INCHES WIDE BY 14 INCHES HIGH.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: (1870-1938). Lived/Active: New York Known for: genre, figure, coastal, illustrator

Walter Granville Smith was born in Belfort, New York and studied at the Art Students' League prior to going to Europe. He returned to American and established his studio in New York City. Following the academic route he won his first prize at the National Academy in 1900, a gold medal there in 1908 and was elected an academician in 1915. A frequent participant in both national and international exhibitions both here and abroad, as well as receiving many awards for his works thru the years. He is renown for his charming genre scenes of young children and women involved in pleasurable activities along the shore, in parks and along city streets. During his lifetime, his realistic, well-painted figures and genres were illustrations for Harper’s Magazine, Scribner’s and other leading publications of the late 19th century.

Walter Granville Smith was born in Bellport, New York on January 26, 1870 and he died in Granville, New York in 1938. He was a painter and illustrator who studied with W. Satterlee, C. Beckwith and Willard Metcalf at the Arts Student League in New York City and in Paris at the Academie Julian. He was a member of the American Water Color Society, Salmagundi Club, Society of Painters (NY), Allied Artists of America, an Associate (1908) and an Academician (1915) of the National Academy of Design, NYC; the Greenwich Society of Artists; National Arts Club; American Guild of Artists; and the Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC. He won awards at the National Academy in 1900, 1908, 1927, 1929, 1933; a medal at the Charleston Exposition (1902); prizes at the American Water Color Society in 1905, 1916; Worcester Art Museum (1906); Art Institute, Chicago (1907); Buenos Aires Exposition (1910), Salmagundi Club (1911, 1913, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1928.

Smith's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Butler Art Institute, Toledo Museum (Ohio), Salmagundi Club (NYC), the National Academy of Design (NYC), Lotos Club, the Fencers Club, NYC, and the Philadelphia Art Club and elsewhere.

Smith was well known throughout his career for painting in watercolor or oil beautiful women doing domestic chores or attending leisurely or sporting events. Not only was he an expert at painting anatomically correct human figures, he was an adept horseman and enjoyed riding, jumping and painting horses at race tracks in and around the Newport, RI area.

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