Landscape

Object number2009.13.1

Date1860-1869

MediumOil on canvas

Credit LineEileen Berman and Madeline Miller in memory of their mother Rosalyn Reich

DescriptionLandscape painting.Dimensions25.9999 x 30.9999 x 2.5 in. (66 x 78.7 x 6.4 cm)
Signed"C. LINFORD" lower left corner, in brown paint
Historical NotesThough born in Pittsburgh, Charles Linford (1846-1897) lived in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey. As a young painter, he was a member of the "Gillespie Group," which was a loose collection of artists, including George Hetzel--of whom he was a student--Alfred S. Wall, Joseph R. Woodwell, David Gilmore Blythe, and Jasper Lawman. He was one of the first artists to discover Scalp Level, a small town near Johnstown, PA, which became a favorite artists' haven until the late 1890s. Linford concentrated mainly on landscapes and a majority of his work shows the influence of the French Barbizon painters. Specifically, his favorite subject was that of birch trees with a fall landscape, most paintings featured abandoned barns. He died in Plainford, New Jersey at the young age of 51.

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