Charles Warren Eaton (American 1857-1937)

"Evening Lake Como", ca. 1900. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, in original Newcomb Macklin style carved wood and silver gilt frame, overall 30 ¼" x 34 ¼". Verso with hand written label by the artist with title, signature and location, "Bloomfield New Jersey". Old Christie's auction label on verso. Eaton maintained a studio in New York City, although he lived in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He painted many snow scenes in white and grey purple tones, but by 1900 was focusing more on the theme of the Berkshire pine forests of New York State. This image is of Lake Como, New Jersey.

Born in Albany, New York, Charles Eaton became a Tonalist landscape painter much influenced by George Inness. His intimate, moody landscapes were known for subdued golden-brown hues and muted tonal harmonies, and the subject was often the landscape in late autumn, evening time, or winter. These paintings were groundbreaking because they were relatively small in scale and intimate countryside views, which was a departure from the generally popular panoramic, romanticized views of Hudson River School painters.

Condition: Good, minor craquelure in sky, stretcher marks visible along bottom and right margins, minor frame abrasions. Evenly fluorescent under UV light.