Description:

Paul Sawyier 17" x 14" oil on canvas of falling water cascading the stone steps of a hillside stream. Illustrated in Arthur Jones, The Art of Paul Sawyier, plate #53. Jones labels the work Catskills Stream. Painted by Sawyier while living in the Catskill mountains of New York State though probably a Kentucky scene painted from a photograph. Sawyier was well equipped, at this stage of his career, with photographic images of Kentucky scenes which he often used to paint various compositions for the home folks. A few Kentucky scenes painted in oil by Sawyier while living in the Catskills include: Across the Hills, Anderson County, Ky.; Lock Branch Valley near Lock 5 on the Ky. River; Cave Spring Farm, Lexington, Ky.; Kings Mill on the Dix River; Fish Trap Dam on the Dix River; and Church at Troy, Ky. among several other Kentucky compositions painted while living in the Catskill's. All previously mentioned exhibited at the Kentucky Governor's Mansion July 27th running to December 21st in 2015 showcasing only oil paintings by Sawyier. The certainty of all these scenes having been painted in New York is confirmed that all have Sawyier's later signature which he did not scribe until the spring of 1914 when in Brooklyn, after leaving Kentucky late in 1913. There is no confusing Sawyier's Ky. signature with his later N.Y. signature which has many degrees of separation from the other. Our scene is certainly a familiar geological stepped stream, often encountered, descending into the Kentucky River. In this example Sawyier paints his most accomplished element. Few artists equal his ability to capture water or snow. Here he paints in the foreground, a rushing run descending a hill side's stone steps after a heavy or extended rain. Few gifted artists would attempt a similar composition yet Sawyier mastered the task. In excellent condition with two small areas of inpaint which comprise less than a half square inch of fill. An image before cleaning reveals these two small spots. Framed to 26 3/4“ x 24“ in what almost certainly is the original frame. Circa 1916, Catskill Mountains of New York location of execution.

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