ITEM# 2259
Helena Sturtevant Ranger oil on canvas Painting Newport Harbor

American impressionist painting,Helena Sturtevant Painting, oil on canvas, Sturtevant, This "Helena Sturtevant Ranger oil on canvas Painting, Newport, RI" measures 24 inches high by 34 inches wide.Signed on the back "Ranger" New Port Harbor 1937 Rainbow,green Schooner from New Bedford. We were told by the owner that the thought the Ranger was Vanderbilts yacht. This painting depicts sail boats in NewPort Harbor on a wonderful well lit sunning day. Gourgeous pastel like colors. The condition of the painting is excellent just in from a local CT River Valley estate. There is no inpainting under a black light. The signature does have some florescence but that is because she painted it with cadmiun red. The canvas of this Sturtevant oil painting is 20 inches high by 29 and one half inches wide. Helena Sturtevant, b1872, Middletown, RI d1946 Newport, RI ? Addresses: Newport, RI, Studied, BMFA School with E. Tarbell; Acad. Colarossi, Paris, with Blanche and L. Simon. Member: Newprt AA (director); AFA; College AA; NAWPS, AAPL. Exhibited: NAD, 1902, 1911, 1943; PAFA, fine annuals, 1905-17; Newport AA, 1912 (innaugural); AIC, 1913; Paris Salon, 1927; WFNY, 1939; GGE, 1939; Copley Gals., Bostom, MA. Work: Newport City Hall; NYPL (etching); Berkeley Mem. Chapel, Newport, RI "sister of Louisa" altar piece. Comments: Best known for her paintings of Newport historic buildings and the area coastline. Sources: WW40; Falk, Exh. Record Series. . See Who was Who in American Art page 3214.

Thank you for your quick reply. I am really shocked at the price. I knew many people here wanted it, but probably figured I didn't know what I had and they wanted to buy it for nothing. I am glad I held on to it.
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