Description: FERN COPPEDGE WAS BORN IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS WITH THE MAIDEN NAME OF KUNS, FERN COPPEDGE BECAME A PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER ESPECIALLYNOTED FOR SNOWSCENE LANDSCAPES OF NEW HOPE, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE SHE VISITED IN 1917 AND EVENTUALLY WITH M. ELIZABETH PRICE, BECAME ONE OF TWO SIGNIFICANTWOMEN ARTISTSIN THE COLONY. IN FACT, SHE WAS LISTED BY RESPECTED NEW HOPE ART HISTORIAN, THOMAS FOLK, AS " AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE LATE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL" (32), THOSE BORN AFTER 1882. IN 1920, COPPEDGE BOUGHT A STUDIO IN LUMBERVILLE, NEAR NEW HOPE, AND THAT SAME YEAR, PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW HOPE GROUPS FIRST EXHIBITION. IN 1929, SHE BUILT A HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET OF NEW HOPE, AND MODELED IT AFTER DESIGNS OF OLD BUCKS COUNTY FARMHOUSE AND THE STUDIO AFTER A 19TH CENTURY CARRIAGE HOUSE. MORE ON ASKART. THIS SIGNED OIL PAINTING ON BOARD IS IN FINE CONDITION AND IS HOUSED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL FRAME. IMAGE SIZE IS 11.75" X 9.50". THE FRAME MEASURES 16" X 18 1/4". ALSO IN FINE CONDITION.
Price: 9500 USD
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-11-06T21:02:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 150 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: FERN ISABEL KUNS COPPEDGE
Signed By: FERN ISABEL KUNS COPPEDGE
Signed: Yes
Size: Small
Material: board
Region of Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: HARBOR
Personalize: No
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Theme: Harbor
Style: Impressionism
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
