Sunset, Lemaire
Artist
Ralph Albert Blakelock
(American, 1847-1919)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1890
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions5 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (13.7 × 24 cm)
SignedSigned lower right in arrowhead, "RA Blakeloch"
Credit LineGift of Drs. C.W. and Marilyn Gowen
Object number2024.39.3
Not on view
Label TextRalph Albert Blakelock developed
a distinctive style of landscape painting
that blended romanticism and realism.
He studied at the National Academy
of Design but spent much of his life in
relative obscurity, facing financial hardship
and mental illness. Although Blakelock
struggled during his lifetime, his work
gained tremendous value after he suffered
a mental health crisis and was confined
to a mental hospital in 1899. Despite his
family’s poverty, Blakelock’s posthumous
fame skyrocketed, culminating in record-
breaking sales and his election to the
National Academy.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Louis A. Lemaier, NY to Questroyal Fine Art to C.W. and Marilyn Gowen, 2020 to Chrysler Museum of Art, 2024
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W. S. B. Maine