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An Elm Grove

1880
oil on canvas
20 x 13 1/2 in.

Jersey City Museum

Jersey City, NJ

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Angler By Forest Stream

ca. 1870s
oil on canvas
Height: 46.99 cm (18.5 in.), Width: 51.44 cm (20.25 in.)

Private collection: Jim Friedman

Unknown, USA

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Description: Dimly lit landscape depicting a man in fishing gear standing in the shallow water at the edge of a river, his fishing line cast out into the water and a tackle box slung over his shoulder. In the distance the sun begins to break through the thick cloud cover, illuminating the clouds along the horizon.
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Cows Grazing Near A Stream

oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Evening In The Forest

circa 1890
oil on canvas
Height: 45.72 cm (18 in.), Width: 60.96 cm (24 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Landscape

1880s
oil on canvas
31.11 x 25.72 cm (12 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

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Landscape With Sheep Grazing

ca. 1885-1895
oil on canvas
22 x 28 in.

Private collection: Sonia Parton Whelan

Unknown, USA

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Looking Southwest Over Church's Farm From The Sienghenberg

1864
oil on canvas
Height: 50.17 cm (19.75 in.), Width: 53.66 cm (21.13 in.)

Olana

Hudson, NY

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Misty Morning, Coast Of Maine

ca. late 1860s
oil on canvas
9 1/8 x 17 5/16 in. (23.2 x 44 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
The influence of William Trost Richards is evident in this works coastal subject matter, careful execution, and vaporous atmospheric effects. Parton studied with Richards in Philadelphia from 1859 to 1861 and remained close with the elder artist throughout his life, even going on a sketching expedition with him in the Adirondacks.
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Mount Merino

1865
oil on canvas
Height: 30.48 cm (12 in.), Width: 50.8 cm (20 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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Description: Sunny landscape depicting a male figure standing on the banks of the Hudson River, his back turned toward the viewer, and his attention directed toward a small herd of cattle wading along the shallow shore. In the distance Mt. Merino is silhouetted against a lavender sky.
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Niagara Falls

ca. 1880
Transparent and opaque watercolor on cream, thick, moderately textured woven paper
21 x 29 11/16 in. (53.3 x 75.4 cm) Frame: 25 1/2 x 34 x 2 in. (64.8 x 86.4 x 5.1 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
Little is known about Arthur Partons watercolor activities, although he did exhibit regularly with the American Watercolor Society beginning in 1880. Depicting one of Americas most sublime and popular landscape subjects, this ambitious picture provides a good example of an exhibition watercolor. Its highly textured surfacecreated with opaque...
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