Bonchurch, Isle of Wight

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Bonchurch, Isle of Wight

Artist Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900)

Date1859

DimensionsFrame: 24 3/8 × 30 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (61.9 × 77.5 × 8.6 cm)

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LineGift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society

Object number

2004.20

Not on View

Label TextLike many 19th-century American landscape painters, Jasper Francis Cropsey spent time in Europe, painting views that often differed strongly from the rugged vistas of the American landscape (see Cropsey’s Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania in this gallery). In 1859, during a period when Cropsey was living in London, he visited the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. He there painted this scene of the small picturesque village of Bonchurch with his characteristic attention to light and detail. With its quiet lifestyle and stunning scenery, Bonchurch was a popular retreat for Victorian writers and artists (including Charles Dickens and Algernon Swinburne).Published ReferencesLondon, Art Journal, June 1, 1860, p. 170.

Tuckerman, Henry T., Book of the Artists: American Artist Life, Comprising Bibliographical and Critical Sketches of American Artists: Preceded by a Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of Art in America, New York, G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1870, p. 536.

Exhibition HistoryRoyal Academy, London, 1860, no. 394 (as Roadside, at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight).

New York, Alexander Gallery, The Hudson River School: Congenial Observations, 1987, repr. no. 19 (as Isle of Wight).

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Adventure & Inspiration: American Artists in Other Lands,1988, repr. p. 44, no. 24 (as Isle of Wight).

New York, Spanierman Gallery, American Masterworks, 1840-1940, 1992.

New York, Spanierman Gallery, Masters of American Art: 1850-1950, October 8 - December 23, 1996.

Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, The Newington--Cropsey Foundation, Scenes from a Century Past-Reflections of the Spirit, May 15 - June 30, 2000 (unpaginated, color illus.).

New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 110 Years of American Art: 1830-1940, October 15 - December 31, 2001, p. 19, repr.(col.) pl. 11.

Toledo Museum of Art, Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition, October 15, 2010-February 13, 2011, p. 36, repr. (col.) p. 36.