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Small Yacht Racing

by Samuel S. Carr

1881
oil on canvas
Image: 14 1/8 x 24 in. (35.9 x 61.0 cm) Frame: 18 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (47.6 x 73.0 x 6.4 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Carr, Samuel S. 
Pic-nic Prospect Park, Brooklyn

by Samuel S. Carr

1883
oil on canvas
Image: 22 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (56.8 x 92.4 cm) Frame: 24 3/8 x 38 3/8 in. (61.9 x 97.5 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Carr, Samuel S. 
The Blacksmith

by Jefferson David Chalfant

between 1900 and 1907
oil on canvas
Overall: 25 3/4 x 33 1/2 in. (65.4 x 85.1 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Chalfant, Jefferson David 
Ships Unloading, New York

by Samuel Colman

1858
oil on canvas mounted on board
Image: 41 5/16 x 29 15/16 in. (105.0 x 76.0 cm) Frame: 50 x 38 3/8 in. (127.0 x 97.5 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Colman, Samuel 
Making Pottery

by Eanger Irving Couse

1912
oil on canvas
Image: 35 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (89.5 x 117.5 cm) Frame: 43 7/8 x 54 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (111.4 x 139.4 x 7.0 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Couse, Eanger Irving 
Champ de ble

by Charles Harold Davis

1883
Oil on canvas
Image: 10 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (26.7 x 35.2 cm) Frame: 17 15/16 x 21 1/4 in. (45.6 x 54.0 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Davis, Charles Haroldnotes
cut wheat on the left and a small stand of trees on the right relieve the flat horizon, which cuts off a view of the landscape beyond. Intimate in scale and painted with rough, evident brushstrokes, this seemingly unedited record of a simple, unpretentious rural scene appears to have been painted largely on-site
The Hammock

by Joseph DeCamp

c. 1895
oil on canvas
Image: 44 x 50 in. (111.8 x 127.0 cm) Frame: 57 5/8 x 63 1/2 in. (146.4 x 161.3 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

DeCamp, Josephnotes
unites the three figures and creates a horizontal balance against the steep diagonals of the hammock’s edges. Sally’s direct glance contrasts with the pensive indirect gaze of her mother and the oblivion of the sleeping baby. Dappled light falls over the scene, rendered in small but evident parallel strokes of contrasting color.
The Violinist

by Joseph DeCamp

c. 1902
oil on canvas
Image: 36 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. (92.7 x 71.8 cm) Frame: 44 3/16 x 37 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (112.2 x 94.3 x 5.7 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

DeCamp, Josephnotes
holstered chair set against the wall, on which a red garment is casually draped. The model, her face obscured by the glare of incoming daylight, is absorbed in playing, apparently unaware of artist or viewer; near the right side of the image, the vertical edge of a decorated screen further suggests the private nature of the scene, glimpsed as if by...
Jetty at Low Tide

by Joseph DeCamp

c. 1903
oil on canvas
Image: 22 x 30 1/16 in. (55.9 x 76.4 cm) Frame: 36 1/2 x 44 1/4 in. (92.7 x 112.4 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

DeCamp, Josephnotes
ontal pipe echoes the high horizon, and the slender railing above it enframes the trees and houses in the left distance. On the right, a wooden dock on the opposite shore repeats the motif of the jetty at a distance. The overcast sky, in which fluffy white clouds mingle with blue, is reflected in the slightly rippling surface of the harbor.
Squirrel with Nuts

by Joseph Decker

1880s
oil on canvas
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61.0 cm) Frame: 21 7/8 x 29 3/4 in. (55.6 x 75.6 cm

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

Decker, Joseph 
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