Absolute Auctions & Realty Hudson River Views Art Auction
Online Auction Ending 2/16 @ 8PM.
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PLEASANT VALLEY, N.Y. — An online-only auction dedicated entirely to a single-owner collection of paintings by noted artists from the renowned Hudson River School — 62 works in all — is currently being conducted online by Absolute Auction & Realty. The auction will end on Wednesday, February 16. People can register and bid now, on the AAR website at www.aarauctions.com.

The auction is from the personal collection of Robert and Susan Doyle of Fishkill, N.Y., dedicated collectors of the first American School of Art that later became known as the Hudson River School in upstate New York. All the paintings are original works, and nearly all have been professionally cleaned and conserved.
The Hudson River School consisted of mid-Nineteenth Century “Nature Painters” who found spirituality in nature. These adventuresome artists hiked to see impressive views. They sketched and did studies in the field to bring back to their studios and create finished paintings. In doing so, these artists celebrated and depicted the pristine magnificence of the American landscape of the period.
The Hudson River served as the main route of travel to the best places; it also provided the best subject matter. New York City, with the National Academy of Design, was at the center of the American art world in the Nineteenth Century. Now, seasoned collectors, as well as novices to the genre, can experience the beauty, tranquility and grandness of nature from the palettes of these artists.

A Thomas Benjamin Pope (1834-1891) oil on canvas titled “View from West Point” is a classic Hudson River School depiction of a cadet couple looking north toward Pollepel Island and the Northgate to the Highlands. The view has Storm King Mountain on the left and Breakneck Mountain on the right. The work is 12 by 22 inches.

An oil on canvas by Fred Pansing (1844-1912), depicting Hudson River schooners sailing in the widest part of the Hudson River at the “Tappan Sea” was done circa 1880 and measures 9¼ by 16¼ inches. Pansing was born in Germany and immigrated to New York in 1865, where he honed his craft as a painter of sailing vessels.
An oil on canvas, signed and dated 1859 by Edmund C. Coates (1816-1871), titled “American Harvesting,” was originally painted by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900) in 1851. Other Hudson River School artists also depicted this view with slight variations. Coates’s interpretation measures 20 by 25 inches.

An oil on canvas by David Maitland Armstrong (1836-1918), believed by the Doyles to be “A View from Moodna Creek (Murderer’s Creek),” looking east at Pollepel Island with the Fishkill Mountains (Highlands) beyond. The 19½-by-23-inch painting comes with a copy of Armstrong’s book, Day Before Yesterday, Reminiscences of a Varied Life.
An oil on canvas by William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893), titled” View of New York City from Weehawken, N.J.,” measures 21 by 35½ inches and is signed and dated 1860 lower left. Miller was a prolific painter, producing hundreds of watercolors, oils and pen-and-ink sketches. His work can be seen in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.

An oil on canvas autumn view attributed to Edward Nichols (1819-1872), titled “Salt Grass Harvesting,” depicts a hay wagon at “Southgate” of the Hudson River, with Anthony’s Nose Mountain on the left and Dunderberg Mountain on the right (current location of the Bear Mountain bridge crossing). Overall, with frame, the painting is 31 by 45 inches.
An oil on canvas by General George Pope Morris (1802-1864), titled “Undercliff” (where Morris lived in Cold Spring, N.Y.) is 18 by 24 inches. A signed and dated (1873) oil on canvas rendering of a mother and child picking berries in the Highlands is by R. Wentworth. Little is known of Wentworth — not even his first name.

A large landscape view with a river in the distance by George Lafayette Clough (1824-1901) comes housed in a 37½-by-28½-inch frame and is signed “G.L. Clough” lower left. Clough studied in France, Holland, Italy and Germany, but settled in New York, where his favorite locales included the Adirondacks and the lovely woodland areas of upstate New York.
An oil on canvas “View of Sunset Sailing on the River” by Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) measures 32 by 49½ inches. Lewis was born in Philadelphia and his views of Pennsylvania, New York and New England were avidly collected by Philadelphia art patrons. By the early 1880s he had amassed a substantial fortune.

Previews are available online 24 hours a day, or in person by appointment only (and only to registered bidders), February 2-16 in Fishkill, N.Y. To schedule an in-person preview, 800-243-0061 or 845-635-3169; or, send an email to info@aarauctions.com.

Preview: Available online 24 hours or by appointment to “Registered Bidders” only from Wednesday February 2 to Wednesday February 16 in Fishkill, NY. To schedule, email our office at info@AARauctions.com
AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This curated auction is from the personal collection of Robert & Susan Doyle of Fishkill, NY. The Doyle’s are offering sixty-two American
19thC Hudson River School paintings at auction. All paintings in this offering are original works and almost all have been professionally cleaned and conserved. The
first American School of Art is known as “The Hudson River School,” consisting of mid nineteenth century “Nature Painters” who found spirituality in nature. These
adventuresome artists hiked to see impressive Views. They sketched and did studies in the field to bring back to their studios to create finished paintings. The Hudson
River served as the main route of travel to the best places, as well as provided the best subject matter. New York City, with the National Academy of Design to exhibit
at, was the center of the American Arts world in the 19thC. These “Nature Painters” celebrated and depicted the pristine magnificence of the American landscape of
the 19th Century on their canvases. Now you can experience the beauty, tranquility and grandness of Nature from the first American School of Art; the Hudson River
School. Register and Bid now!
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Artists include; Thomas Benjamin Pope (1834-91), Fred Pansing (1844-1912), Calvin Curtis (1822-1893), Edmund C. Coates (1816-1871), Granville Perkins (1839-95), George
Gunther Hartwick (1817-1899), William Rickarby Miller (1818-1893), Cyrus Cobb (1834-1903), Frank Anderson, Henry W. Kemper (1833-1894), Walter Mason Oddie (1808-
1865), Frederick J. Sykes (1851-1926), George Lafayette Clough (1824-1901), Annie Cornelius Shaw (1852-1887), Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910), Charles Henry Chapin
(1830-1889), Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobson (1850-1921), William Hart (1823-1894) and more.