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Bruce Crane American, 1857-1937 Pastoral Landscape American, 1857-1937 Pastoral Landscape Signed Bruce Crane (lr) Oil on canvas 14 x 20 inches Provenance: Elizabeth Ellis by descent in the family to private collection, New York, 1998 Bruce Crane was born in New York City and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He was mentored by Alexander H. Wyant and derived inspiration from time spent in 1882 in Grez-sur-Loing, France, where he befriended the French artist Jean Charles Cazin On his return to America, Crane painted in a number of locations, seeking modest corners of his environments as is apparent in this portrayal of an upland meadow with a few trees replete with autumn foliage. The scene is hushed and quiet, devoid of reference to man, although the fact that this is a "humanized" landscape is indicated by the presence of the tree stump in the lower right. As was typical of his mature work, Crane depicts his subject as if enveloped in a veil of sunlight that softens forms, giving them a delicate ethereal quality and reminding us, as one commentator observed, "[Crane] loves envelopment. His days are not the clear, brilliant days . . . but days when things are enveloped in . . . light. When hill and forest rise thru [sic] a tender haze, like that of a dream or memory." C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC
Frame rubbing. Scattered craquelure. There is some inpaint in the sky at the upper left corner and some in the sky at the upper center edge. There is no further restoration visible under UV light.