R. CATON WOODVILLE

Hereditary Sportsmen: Three Generations
The Graphic

Hand Colored • Original Wood Engraving • England - 19th century
Unmatted • 12.50" x 18.50" image size • 16.50" x 21.00" outer size

Price: $487.50

Although he grew up in Baltimore and is known for his American genre paintings, he created most of his work abroad. He relied during his schooling on engravings and art books, possibly studying with the Baltimore artist Alfred Jacob Miller and copying works in the Baltimore collection of Robert Gilmor, which was strong in Dutch and Flemish paintings, and had at least two genre works by William Sidney Mount. Absorbing to stunning advantage the careful draughtsmanship, use of local colour, complex figural groupings and precise finish of the Düsseldorf school, Woodville produced a small but accomplished group of genre paintings that comprise his life work.