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J. Frank Currier (aka Joseph Frank Currier)
American, 1843–1909
Currier was one of a group of American painters who studied at the Royal Academy in Munich in the late nineteenth century. His approach was based upon a love for the process of painting and the desire to maintain the fresh, spontaneous power of the artist's touch. To achieve this, he followed the practice of painting "alla prima", that is blending the colors through brushstrokes applied to the canvas while the paint surface was still wet. This gestural approach allowed the artist to model the larger forms, imparting a sense of unity to the compositions bands of earth, trees and sky.
American Paintings from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006, cat. no. 18, p. 68.
American, 1843–1909
Landscape
about 1878
Object Type:
Painting
Creation Place:
North America, American
Dimensions:
15 3/8 in. x 24 in. (39.05 cm x 60.96 cm)
Medium and Support:
Oil on wood panel
Accession Number:
1936.0037
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Freer
Currier was one of a group of American painters who studied at the Royal Academy in Munich in the late nineteenth century. His approach was based upon a love for the process of painting and the desire to maintain the fresh, spontaneous power of the artist's touch. To achieve this, he followed the practice of painting "alla prima", that is blending the colors through brushstrokes applied to the canvas while the paint surface was still wet. This gestural approach allowed the artist to model the larger forms, imparting a sense of unity to the compositions bands of earth, trees and sky.
American Paintings from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006, cat. no. 18, p. 68.
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