Detail View: The AMICA Library: Boat Builder
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.905.1972
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Brown, John George
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1831 - 1913
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John George Brown
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Title:
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Boat Builder
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1904
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Creation Start Date:
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1889
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Creation End Date:
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1909
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 80cm x 101.6cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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905.1972
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Credit Line:
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Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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Inscriptions:
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signed lower right: J.G. Brown N.A.
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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artist's estate sale, New York, 1914 ("A Builder of Boats"); Henry Rohlfs, Jr.; (Graham Gallery, bought by the Museum, 1972).
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Context:
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John George Brown's preference for rural subjects in a time when the United States was undergoing rapid industrialization suggests a nostalgia for the past. In The Boat Builder, a man pauses from his work and looks over his spectacles towards the viewer. This image of the worker as a kind, elderly craftsman peacefully working on his own, offered a comforting alternative to the brutal reality of modern factory life.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.905.1972.tif
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