$11,000
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
The Collection of Dorrance "Dodo" H. Hamilton
Auction: April 29, 2018 3:00:00 PM EDT
Signed 'Wm Francis Taylor' bottom left, oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (51.4 x 61.3cm)
Provenance: David David Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Acquired directly from the above in 1998.
Collection of Dorrance H. Hamilton.
NOTE:
A member of the New Hope School of Pennsylvania Impressionists, William Francis Taylor began to visit the Bucks County area and later decided to relocate there from New York in the 1920s. He developed a friendship with fellow artist William Lathrop (1859-1938), and was highly influenced by the earlier Pennsylvania Impressionists, such as Daniel Garber (1880-1958) and Edward Willis Redfield (1869-1965). He was prominent in establishing and purchasing Phillips Mill in New Hope as an exhibition space, where he and other artists showed their works each year, and eventually led to the founding of the James A. Michener Art Museum.
The present lot is a wonderful example of Taylor's oeuvre, as he painted many landscapes of the Bucks County area. Here, a wintry scene of a stream flanked by snow covered banks is shown in classic Pennsylvania Impressionist style, using multiple layers of color to reflect the trees and sky in the flowing water.