The Cottages
Artist
Walter Elmer Schofield
(American, 1867 - 1944)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1925
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 36 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (92.7 x 108 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 36 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (92.7 x 108 x 6.4 cm)
InscribedSigned "Schofield" lower left.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number43.27.1
Not on view
DescriptionA painting of stone cottages with the sea in the background. Label TextWalter Elmer Schofield American (1867-1944) The Cottages, ca. 1925 Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Museum purchase 43.27.1ProvenancePurchased from the Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association (Grand Central Art Galleries), 15 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, in 1926, in preparation for the opening of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences.Exhibition History"Ninth Annual Exhibition," Concord Art Association, 1925 (Honorable Mention). "Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Leading Living American Artists [Grand Central Art Galleries]," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX, January 9 - 23, 1926. Lent for hanging in office of Judge Linwood B. Tabb, Civic Center, Norfolk, VA, May 5, 1966 - April 11, 1979. "W. Elmer Schofield and the Landscape Ideal," Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2014 - January 25, 2015. Published ReferencesWoodmere Art Museum, _Schofield: International Impressionist_ (Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum, 2014) 20.
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