February 2006 Online Auction
Lot 56. Hudson River landscape of a sunrise with an atmospheric perspective. Oil on academy board, signed lower left. Offered in a gilt frame with a liner. Panel size approx. 6-1/4" x 9-1/4". William Trost Richards studied with Paul Weber. Later around 1952 he continued his studies in Florence, Rome, and Paris, all during his traveling with William Stanley Haseltine and Alex Lawrie. Upon returning to Philadelphia he continued to paint landscapes, and later on concentrated on seascapes, for which he is most famous now. His works are in collections of Brooklyn Museum, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Newark Museum, NJ; and Shelburne Museum, NYC.
6000.00/9000.00 Sold $5,175.00