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Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (American)

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (American)
<B>JENNIE AUGUSTA BROWNSCOMBE (American, 1850-1936)</B></I><BR><I>Tea in the Garden</B></I><BR>Oil on canvas<BR>20-1/4 x 29 inches (51.4 x 73.7 cm)<BR>Signed lower right: <I>Jennie Brownscombe</B></I><BR> <BR>PROVENANCE:<BR>Quester Gallery, Connecticut.<BR><BR>A prize-winning student at the Cooper Institute School of Design for Women and the National Academy of Design, both in New York City, Brownscombe became in 1875 a founding member of the Art Students League, where she later served on the faculty. Her oil paintings met with immediate success, as both her subjects (sentimental genre pictures and scenes from colonial American history) and her style appealed to prevailing Victorian tastes. Brownscombe studied art in France in 1882, spent the winters of 1886 through 1895 in Rome, and exhibited her pictures there and in London, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. She continued working until virtually the end of her long life, completing her final large oil painting at the age of 81 after recovering from a stroke.<B>Condition Report:</B> Overall good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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