Emil Carlsen : Canaan mountain, 1907.

 

ECA Record Control Number: 9014

Archives of American Art #: -none-

Record Level: Item

Record Type: Movable Work

Work Title: Canaan Mountain

Alternate Work Titles:

Work Date: 1907

Work Creator: Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]

Work Medium: Oil on canvas
Work Dimensions: 14 x 20 inches

Inscribed/Signed Front:
Location: At lower right.
Dated: Yes.
Text: ‘Emil. Carlsen. 1907.’.

Verso: unknown.

ECA Category: Landscape
ECA Sub-Category: Hills

Archives of American Art Subjects:
Landscape
Landscape — Connecticut
Landscape — Mountain

Description of Work:

Provenance/Ownership:
1907 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist .

Exhibition History:
1908 Cincinnati Museum, Cincinnati, OH, “Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art“, May 23 – July 20.
1908 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “One Hundred Third Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts“, February 4 – March 24.
1907 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition“, March 16 – April 20.

References/Citations:
– Sotheby’s, New York, NY, “The Rarities Auction (selling Emil Carlsen’s Medal)“, October 1, 2015, Lot #6, pages 16-17, illustrated: color.
– Unknown Magazine Ad, 1986.
– The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, “Art Calendar: Timely Note and Comment“, April 19, 1910, page 26.
– Cincinnati Museum, Cincinnati, OH, Exhibition Catalog, “Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art“, May 23 – July 20, 1908, #18, not illustrated.
– Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Exhibition Catalog, “One Hundred Third Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts“, February 4 – March 24, 1908, #419, not illustrated.
– The New International Year Book: A Compendium of the World’s Progress from the Year 1907 edited by Frank Moore Colby, M.A., Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1908, page 592, not illustrated.
– “American Art Annual” by American Federation of the Arts, 1908, Volume 6.
– The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, “News and Comment of the Art World: The Copley Society.“, July 28, 1907, 3rd Section.
– The Nation, New York, NY, “Impressions of The Spring Academy.”, 1907, Volume 84, Number 2178, page 297-299.
– The Washington Times, Washington, DC, “Emil Carlsen Made Journey To Maine To Finish Painting“, April 7, 1907, First Edition.
– American Art News, New York, NY, “Exhibitions.”, March 30, 1907, Volume 5, Number 24.
– Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, MA, “The Fine Arts: National Academy Prizes“, March 23, 1907.
– El Paso Herald, El Paso, TX, “Paintings On View At the Academy’s Annual Exhibition“, March 22, 1907, Friday, page 6, not illustrated.
– “Kunst Und Kunsthandwerk (Arts and Crafts)”, 1907, Volume 10, page 661.
– New York Times, New York, NY, “National Academy Winners. Emil Carlsen Gets the Inness Gold Medal-Other Awards.“, March 23, 1907.
– National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition“, March 16 – April 20, 1907, #61, not illustrated, winner Inness Gold Medal.

Related Works:

ECA Notes:

The Nation, New York, NY, “Impressions of The Spring Academy.”, 1907, Volume 84, Number 2178, page 297-299.
“Canaan Mountain, No. 61, by Emil Carlsen, is a dignified portrayal of a large and simple theme-sky, hill, and plain; but the treatment excites an emotion that it is the province of all true art to evoke. The balance of the above-named elements in the composition is satisfying, the qualities of painting, the actual pigment, are most agreeable, and the color fine.”

Boston Evening Transcript, Boston, MA, “The Fine Arts: National Academy Prizes”, March 23, 1907.
“The Inness gold medal for the best landscape is awarded to Emil Carlsen for his Canaan Mountain.”

“The New International Year Book” edited by Frank Moore Colby, M.A., 1908, page 592.
“At the Academy’s spring exhibition of 1907 some 400 pictures were shown. Of the most notable were those by F.B. Williams (‘The Gorge’), Emil Carlsen (‘A Canaan Mountain‘)..”

“Kunst Und Kunsthandwerk (Arts and Crafts)”, 1907, Volume 10, page 661.
“Der Preis fur das beste Landchaftsbild ist Emil Carlsen fur seinen Canaan Mountain ru teil geworden (The prize for the best landscape, Emil Carlsen’s Canaan Mountain.)

“American Art Annual” by American Federation of the Arts, 1908, Volume 6.
“Inness gold medal-1906 to J. Alden Weir for ‘The Pasture’; 1907, to Emil Carlsen for Canaan Mountain.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, “News and Comment of the Art World: The Copley Society.”, July 28, 1907, 3rd Section.
“One of the most interesting landscapes is Emil Carlsen’s Canaan Mountain.”

American Art News, New York, NY, “Exhibitions.”, March 30, 1907, Volume 5, Number 24.
“The judges of the National Acdemy of Design announced recently the prize winner of the present exhibition. The Inness Gold Medal was awarded to Emil Carlsen for his picture ‘Canaan Mountain’.”

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, “Art Calendar: Timely Note and Comment”, April 19, 1910, page 26.
“In his early style also is Canaan Mountain, a scene from the backyard of Mr. Carlsen’s house in the Berkshires. A bulk of a mountain, covered with woods, solid and satisfying. It took the Inness gold medal in the National Academy in 1907.”

El Paso Herald, El Paso, TX, “Paintings On View At the Academy’s Annual Exhibition“, March 22, 1907, Friday, page 6, not illustrated.
…”Emil Carlsen shows an oddly handled landscape, “Canaan Mountain,” which still carries conviction with it.”…

Price History:

 

Document Information

Digital-born Document Number:
ECA.2016.9014

Digital Document Provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Emil Carlsen Archives, 266 West 21st Street, Suite 4E, New York, NY 10011.

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Record Birth Date:
July 31, 2016

Last Update:
November 25, 2016