ELSIE BROOKE SNOWDEN (American, 1887-1945). MISTY MARKET SCENE, signed lower left. Oil on canvas - Unframed, 41 in. x 54 in. Estimate $700-900
Snowden, from Ashton, MD, studied painting at the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1914. Exhibiting regularly with the Society of Washington Artists and Washington Watercolor Club, and at the Corcoran Gallery Biennials, Snowden became known for her atmospheric landscapes and city scenes.
Not lined. Canvas is somewhat buckled with craquelure and pigment separation, primarily in figures. Some pigment lifting with tiny losses in upper left corner and in sky. Surface debris.
