Emil Carlsen : May beechwoods, ca.1908.

 

May Beechwoods (also called Beechwoods in May & Wood Interior & May), c.1908
Emil Carlsen [1848-1932]
Oil on canvas
? x ? inches

Signed: At lower right. ‘Emil Carlsen.’.

Archives of American Art #: 87230437, JUL J0047758

Provenance:
1919 Private collection of Robert J. Handley, Esquire, New York, NY
c.1910 Private collection of A. H. Marks [1874- ], Esquire, New York, NY
c.1908 Folsom Gallery [1911–1921], New York, NY
c.1908 Emil Carlsen [1848-1932], the artist

Exhibitions:
1919 The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, “Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Emil Carlsen from the collection of Mr. Robert J. Handley, Esquire”, December.
1910 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “A Collection of Paintings and Sketches by Emil Carlsen Lent by the Folsom Galleries, New York City“, March 18-April 13.
1908 Saint Botolph Club, Boston, MA, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen“, January 6-24.

References:
– “Emil Carlsen (1853-1932) As Landscape Painter: A Chronological Introduction to Some of the Major Works and Their Critical Reception” by Valerie Leeds, Spring, 1997.
– Academy Notes, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Exhibitions of Works by Emil Carlsen, Childe Hassam, and Frederick Ballard Williams“, April, 1910, Volume 5, Number 2, page 20-27, not illustrated.
– Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “A Collection of Paintings and Sketches by Emil Carlsen Lent by the Folsom Galleries, New York City”, March 18-April 13, 1910, #5.
– The International Studio, “Emil Carlsen – Painter, Teacher” by F. Newlin Price, July, 1922, Volume 75, Number 302, pg. 300-308, illustrated: B&W, pg. 303.
– The Macbeth Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibition Catalog, “Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Emil Carlsen from the collection of Mr. Robert J. Handley, Esquire”, December, 1919, #11, illustrated:B&W.
– Saint Botolph Club, Boston, MA, Exhibition Catalog, “Paintings by Emil Carlsen“, January 6-24, 1908, #5, not illustrated.
– Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Image #JUL J0047758.

Notes:
– Location in the painting is Denmark, near Veile confirmed by article from Buffalo Academy of Art, Academy Notes Bulletin, 1910.

– Academy Notes, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Exhibitions of Works by Emil Carlsen, Childe Hassam, and Frederick Ballard Williams“, April, 1910, Volume 5, Number 2, page 20-27, not illustrated.
…”Balancing this, on the opposite panel, is another composition of the same trees [as The Beechwoods (owned by Chapin)], Beeches in May, which was lent to the Gallery by A. H. Marks, Esq., of New York City. The density of the forest here also is felt. Both of these pictures were painted in the southern part of Denmark, near Veile.”…

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