Wednesday 9 November 2016

American Folk Art - part 8

Continuing a major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and ordinary folk with little or no training in the arts, and is traditionally utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic. The period I’m covering is the C18th and C19th.
See parts 1-7 also for earlier works.

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This is part 8 of a 21-part post on American Folk Art:

Jacob Maentel (1763-1863)

Jacob Maentel emigrated from Germany to America in 1805 and made his living as a portrait painter, first in Maryland and then in Lebanon, York and Dauphin Counties in Pennsylvania. He painted more than two hundred portraits of friends and neighbours.


early 1800s Elizabeth Ault
watercolour, pen and ink on paper 24.1 x 19 cm

early 1800s William Ault
watercolour, pen and ink on paper 24.1 x 19 cm

1810-15c (attributed to) Pair of Portraits
watercolour and gouache on paper 18.4 x 15.5 cm

1810-15c (attributed to) Pair of Portraits 
watercolour and gouache on paper 18.4 x 15.5 cm

1815-20 Father and Daughter of Elizabethtown, PA
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 27.3 x 21.6 cm

1815-20 Mother and Daughters of Elizabethtown, PA
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 27.3 x 21.6 cm

1815-25 Boy Holding a Rooster
watercolour and ink on paper
Winterthur Museum, New Castle County, Delaware

1815-25 Caterina Bickel
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 48.3 x 30.5 cm

1815-25 John Bickel
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 48.3 x 30.5 cm

1820c Seated Man Holding a Book

1815c Amelia and Eliza Danner by Jacob Maentel
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 26.7 x 21.2 cm
American Folk Art Museum, New York City

1815c Portrait of a Young Lady

1820c Mr and Mrs William Kreps

1820c Portrait of a Man Holding a Hat

1821 Portrait of Catherine Carver Bishop of Dauphin Count, PA
watercolour 27.9 x 22.2 cm

1825-30c Dr. Christian Bucher
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 41.9 x 26.7 cm
American Folk Art Museum, New York City

1825-30c Mary Valentine Bucher
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 41.9 x 25.7 cm
American Folk Art Museum, New York City

1826 Portrait of a Child
(born 13 October 1825)

1826 Portrait of a Child
(born 25 November 1823)

1826 Portrait of a Girl Holding a Rose
(born 22 May 1822)

1827 Young Woman in Blue Dress (Grandmother Hartman)
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 24.1 x 15.2 cm

1828c Maria Rex Zimmerman
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 43.2 x 26.7 cm
American Folk Art Museum, New York City

1830c Portrait of a Girl with a Rose

1830c Portrait of a Young Lady

1831 (attributed to) Portrait of Samuel Ensminger Jr. and Mrs Samuel Ensminger Jr. (Elizabeth Summy) and Child
watercolour and ink on paper

1834 Portrait of a Man with a Hat and Umbrella

1835 John Martin Titzel

1840c Elizabeth Wallborn
(born 23 April 1833)

1840c Portrait of a Man Holding a Hat

1840c Portrait of a Man Holding a Hat

1850c (attributed to) Red-Roofed Distillery and Out-buildings Nestled in Green Hills
oil on canvas 81.3 x 139.7 cm

n.d Double Portraits of a Young Man and Woman (see below) with their Children and Dog
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper 29.2 xx 22.9 cm 1

n.d Double Portraits of a Young Man (see Above) and Woman with their Children and Dog 
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper 29.2 xx 22.9 cm 1

n.d. Elisabeth Scoch of Berks County (born 1811)
watercolour and ink on paper 25.4 x 21.6 cm

n.d. Jacob Scoch of Berks County (born 1807)
watercolour and ink on paper 25.4 x 21.6 cm

n.d. Portrait of a Man at a Writing Desk
watercolour

n.d. John George Kitzmiller and his wife Anna Christina
watercolour 41.3 x 45.7 cm

n.d. Portrait of a Child with a Bird

n.d. Portrait of a Lady Holding a Book

n.d. Portrait of a Man Holding a Hat

n.d. Portrait of a Man Holding a Book

n.d. Portrait of a Woman Holding a Book

n.d. Portrait of a Woman Holding a Rose

n.d. Portrait of a Women in a Red Windsor Chair
watercolour and ink on paper

n.d. Portrait of a Young Woman
watercolour

n.d. Portrait of Hatter John Mays of Schaefferstown
watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on paper 15.5 x 12.5 cm


1810 Zedekiah Belknap (1781 - 1858)

Also Known as: Zedikiah Belknap, Zebakiah Belknap
Born in Ward, Massachusetts 1781
Died in Weathersfield, Vermont 1858


1810 Child in White with Doll

1813c Wedding Portrait of Nancy Hale
oil on panel 68.6 x 53.3 cm

1813c Wedding Portrait of Obed Hale
oil on panel 68.6 x 53.3 cm

1820c Girl with Doll
oil on panel 60.3 x 43.8 cm

1820s Portrait of a Boy with Toy Sword and Whistle
oil on panel  57.8 x 45.7 cm

1829c Dorman Thodore Warren Born 1827 Townsend, MA
oil on panel 67.3 x 55.9 cm

1830 Sarah Minot Melville
oil on panel 45.7 x 61 cm
Private Collection

1835c Portrait of a Sister and Brother
oil on canvas 68.6 x 87.6 cm

1835c Seated Girl
oil on canvas 47 x 62.5 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

1835c Portrait of the Farley Children of Groton
oil on canvas
Worcester Art Museum, MA

n.d Portrait of Josiah Gilson Esq. aged 34 D. 1827
oil on wood panel 68.6 x 54.6 cm

n.d. Portrait of Mrs. Vashti Gilson aged 35 D. 1827
oil on wood panel 68.6 x 54.6 cm

n.d Young Woman with a Ruffled Collar

n.d. ( attributed to Girl ) in a White Dress with Cat
oil on canvas 67.3 x 62.2 cm
Private Collection

n.d. ( attributed to ) Portrait of a Young Girl
oil on panel 66 x 55.9 cm

n.d. Pair of Portraits of a Man and Woman ( see below )
oil on wood panel 65.4 x 49.5 cm

n.d. Pair of Portraits of a Man ( see above ) and Woman
oil on wood panel 65.4 x 49.5 cm

n.d. Portrait of a Man
76.2 x 61 cm

n.d. Portrait of a Woman
66 x 50.8 cm

n.d. Portrait of a Woman
oil on canvas 68.3 x 55.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

n.d. Portrait of a Woman with a Yellow Shawl
oil on canvas 78.7 x 64.8 cm

n.d. Pair of Portraits of a Man and Wife ( see below )

n.d. Pair of Portraits of a Man ( see above ) and Wife

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