Untitled (River Landscape with Fisherman)
Oil
canvas, painting
22 in. H
X
17 3/4 in. W
summer river landscape with fisherman sitting on stone on right bank of river. Tree opposite on left bank of river and sof-green mountains seen over green forest woods in background. Clouds overhead with patch of blue sky left. Signed lower left "Andrews". An itinerant portait, miniature, and landscape painter, Ambrose Andrews ahd a wide-ranging career geographically that saw him in many regions including New York (1829-31), Connecticut (1837), Texas (1837-1841), and Louisiana (1841-42). After 1844 he was active in St. Louis, NYC, Buffalo, New York state, Vermont, and Canada. He was born in West Stockbridge, MA, and in 1824 attended the National Academy of Design. Addrews exhibited paintings at the Republic of Texas Capitol in 1837; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1848, the Nationa lAcademy of Deisgn and hte American Art Unnion in 1849, and the Royal Academy of Art in London in 1859. His portrait subjects include Henry Clay and Sam Houston.
Gift of Fredric and Susan Finkelstein, 2016
2016.16.2