1881
ECA control number: 28030 (old #23537)
Record level: Listing
Record type: Timeline year
Artist time line: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Year: 1881
Subject age: 33 years old
Locations:
United States—Massachusetts—Boston
United States—Massachusetts—Gloucester
United States—Massachusetts—Jamaica Plain
United States—Massachusetts—North Scituate
United States—Massachusetts—Revere—Revere Beach
United States—Massachusetts—Scituate
World news:
Local news:
Points:
– Emil picked up showing at exhibitions beginning in January-February of 1881 with the Boston Art Club and in April-May.
– Being on more solid financial footing, Carlsen would visit the coasts of Massachusetts, alternating between outdoor studies/sketches and work painting within his studio.
– Various Boston Posts mention between July-September of 1881 that Carlsen was in Scituate, Revere beach, Jamaica Plain and North Scituate, MA.
Paintings: (12)
– Still life (116), ca.1881.
– Still life with lemons, 1881.
– Pastoral lake with figures, 1881.
– Spring landscape, ca.1881.
– Head study, 1881.
– Heading out to sea, 1881.
– The Constitution, 1881.
– Marine with fishing boats, ca.1881.
– Tall ships passing island, 1881.
– Anchored on the shore, ca.1881.
– Seaweed gatherers, 1881.
– Cartoon for a painting, ca.1881.
Exhibitions: (2)
– 1881 The Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, “24th exhibition of water colors and works in black and white”, April 23 – May 21.
– 1881 The Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, “Twenty-third exhibition”, January 29-February 19.
Articles: (3)
– Boston Post, Boston, MA, “The fine arts”, September 3, 1881, page 1.
– Boston Post, Boston, MA, “The fine arts”, August 13, 1881, page 4.
– Boston Post, Boston, MA, “The fine arts”, July 25, 1881, page 4.
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