Sale 213 Lot 440

E. LANDSEER HARRIS
American, 1858-1901
Lakeside Solitude
gouache and watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
Impressionistic landscape where the focus is on capturing the natural light. The composition features tall, feathery trees in the foreground that frame a view of a bright lake or river, where a small figure in a blue coat sits quietly by the water's edge. Signed lower left. Unframed. Note: Artwork is mounted to a thick paperboard.
artwork: 14 x 11 inches (excluding mat)
$150-250

ARTIST PROFILE: E. Landseer Harris (1858–1901) was a distinguished 19th-century American painter born in Rochester, New York, to artist James Harris and his wife, Mary. Though he was the son of an artist, Harris was primarily self-taught, with his obituary famously noting that his "only teacher has been Nature". Throughout a career that took him to cities such as Cleveland, Buffalo, and Boston, he became known for his evocative, impressionistic landscapes and scenes, including works like Boats at Dusk and Dutch Village Scene. His artistic legacy is cemented by the inclusion of his painting Landscape with Windmill in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Harris passed away in 1901 and was laid to rest in Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery.