| 675. J. Francis Murphy (American, 1853-1921), "Fishing at the Swamp", c. 1875; oil/canvas,
18" x 30", signed and dated. Murphy painted landscapes in the Barbizon tradition during
the 1880s. He had just returned from France, and settled in Arkville, New York, a small
community in the southern Catskills. Two years later, he was joined there by Alexander Wyant.
This early example typifies his style before he moved to a more purely tonalist aesthetic,
painting mostly barren autumnal landscapes. Murphy exhibited at the National Academy of
Design, Rochester Art Club, Colombian Expo (Chicago, 1893), Paris Expo (1900), and the St.
Louis Expo (1904). 5000-7000 |
