Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947), "The Miner Peaks at Iceberg Lake"
Edgar Alwin Payne
(1883-1947)
"The Miner Peaks at Iceberg Lake"
Oil on canvas laid to canvas
Signed lower right: Edgar Payne; titled in another hand verso, possibly duplicating a verso inscription prior to lining
20 1/8 x 24 in.
Provenance:
Private collection
Sold: Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, CA, March 7, 1993, Lot 139
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, from the above, 1999
Other Notes:
From the sparkling waters of France and Italy and the snow-swept peaks of the Swiss Alps to the rolling hills of California and sun-kissed deserts of the American Southwest, American painter Edgar Alwin Payne captured it all on canvas in an illustrious career as one of the United States' preeminent Impressionist painters.
Born in Missouri, Payne dreamed of becoming an artist from the age of fourteen. In his late teens, he traveled throughout the American South and Midwest, painting murals and stage sets, before briefly studying at the Chicago Art Institute in 1907. Like many expressive artists of his time, Payne became bored with the rigid structure of academic art institutions and became a self-taught artist. Payne worked and lived as an artistic nomad, moving between California and Chicago, taking commissions, working on large-scale murals, and, in 1912, marrying fellow artist Elsie Philippa Palmer.
In 1918, the couple settled in Laguna Beach, California, becoming an integral part of the burgeoning art community that was taking root there. Payne helped found the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1918 and became the organization's first president. From his home base in Southern California, Payne ventured out into the California mountains, painting striking scenes of the peaks and valleys of the Sierra Nevada and other ranges. Payne took on numerous commissions and exhibited throughout the Mid- and Western United States.
Commissions began to wane after the stock market crash of 1929, and from 1930 onwards, Payne made painting the Sierra Nevadas his primary subject matter. He spent an excessive amount of time finding the perfect angle, the perfect lighting, to put on canvas. His love of the Sierra Nevada was unrivaled and even produced a documentary film, "Sierra Journey." Diagnosed with cancer in 1942, Edgar Payne passed away in 1947, leaving behind a legacy of American landscape painting.
Edgar Payne's works are included in the collections of numerous institutions, including the Laguna Art Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Payne Lake in the Sierra Nevada is named in his honor.
Condition
Visual: Scattered craquelure throughout. Stretcher bar creases along each edge. Soft frame abrasion with an occasional attendant pinhead-sized paint loss along the upper edge. A rice-sized paint loss in the lower portion of the extreme right edge. The canvas is glue-lined.Blacklight: No evidence of touch-up.Frame: 30 3/4 x 34 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.
Edgar Alwin Payne
(1883-1947)
"The Miner Peaks at Iceberg Lake"
Oil on canvas laid to canvas
Signed lower right: Edgar Payne; titled in another hand verso, possibly duplicating a verso inscription prior to lining
20 1/8 x 24 in.
Provenance:
Private collection
Sold: Butterfield & Butterfield, Los Angeles, CA, March 7, 1993, Lot 139
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, CA
Private collection, from the above, 1999
Other Notes:
From the sparkling waters of France and Italy and the snow-swept peaks of the Swiss Alps to the rolling hills of California and sun-kissed deserts of the American Southwest, American painter Edgar Alwin Payne captured it all on canvas in an illustrious career as one of the United States' preeminent Impressionist painters.
Born in Missouri, Payne dreamed of becoming an artist from the age of fourteen. In his late teens, he traveled throughout the American South and Midwest, painting murals and stage sets, before briefly studying at the Chicago Art Institute in 1907. Like many expressive artists of his time, Payne became bored with the rigid structure of academic art institutions and became a self-taught artist. Payne worked and lived as an artistic nomad, moving between California and Chicago, taking commissions, working on large-scale murals, and, in 1912, marrying fellow artist Elsie Philippa Palmer.
In 1918, the couple settled in Laguna Beach, California, becoming an integral part of the burgeoning art community that was taking root there. Payne helped found the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1918 and became the organization's first president. From his home base in Southern California, Payne ventured out into the California mountains, painting striking scenes of the peaks and valleys of the Sierra Nevada and other ranges. Payne took on numerous commissions and exhibited throughout the Mid- and Western United States.
Commissions began to wane after the stock market crash of 1929, and from 1930 onwards, Payne made painting the Sierra Nevadas his primary subject matter. He spent an excessive amount of time finding the perfect angle, the perfect lighting, to put on canvas. His love of the Sierra Nevada was unrivaled and even produced a documentary film, "Sierra Journey." Diagnosed with cancer in 1942, Edgar Payne passed away in 1947, leaving behind a legacy of American landscape painting.
Edgar Payne's works are included in the collections of numerous institutions, including the Laguna Art Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Payne Lake in the Sierra Nevada is named in his honor.
Condition
Visual: Scattered craquelure throughout. Stretcher bar creases along each edge. Soft frame abrasion with an occasional attendant pinhead-sized paint loss along the upper edge. A rice-sized paint loss in the lower portion of the extreme right edge. The canvas is glue-lined.Blacklight: No evidence of touch-up.Frame: 30 3/4 x 34 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.
