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English painter Edwin ( E.C.) Eldridge? |
I have a painting dated 1882 Paris by this artist. Any info would be very helpful. I've been trying for a year. He was the curator for the new Layton Art Gallery in Mulwaukee in 1888. I'm blanking out other than that! That is great that the previous answerer submitted that information for you. I would like to add that if you need to know more there are other things that you can do to try to locate and find more information on the painter. You can get information on line if you can't go in person. Once you get a photo of your painting go to and upload a picture for free at http://www.flickr.com/ site or at http://ww.photobucket.com/. Then post it at any of the following sites for an Appraisal and or information/help. http://www3.sympatico.ca/appraisers/....... for sure for free http://www.squeagle.com/ http://www.findartinfo.com/ http://www.antiqueappraisals.net/.......... For Fine Art; like paintings and sculptures; http://www.christies.com/appraisals_valu... One of The Best http://www.sothebys.com/ As this one is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/igavel........ http://www.vwart.com/ If you have the time, you could also go to your local library and select a few different books. There are several available and you'll be able to compare information and prices Hope this helps, Cheers! I found this online: "ELDRIDGE, Edwin C., is a resident of Milwaukee, and has occupied the position of curator of the Layton Art gallery since it was opened in 1888. He is by profession an artist and has his studio in the gallery building. He began his art studies in the National Academy of Design in New York City, under Prof. L. E. Wilmarth; continued them at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, under Charles Verlat and Peter Van Havermact, and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under G毛r么me. Subsequently he studied in the atelier of Carolus Duran, at Julian's Academy, in those of J. P. Lawrens and Benjamin Constant. His studied was pursued with especial reference to portrait painting, although he has always been diligent student of the Page 328 [image: EDWIN C. ELDRIDGE.] general principles of art--those principles the through comprehension of which makes the true artist. Since coming to Milwaukee, he has steadily pursued his profession in connection with his duties as curator of the gallery. His practical knowledge of art has been of important service in connection with the selection, hanging and care of pictures, and in frequent talks to visitors concerning art with special reference to notable pictures in the gallery. In this way and in lectures which he has given to students and to associations of teachers in the public school of Milwaukee, he has done much to simulate the population taste for art and to promote its study both as an accomplishment and as a profession. He has written much and most intelligently for the public press on art subjects, specially in criticism of notable works of the brush and the chisel; and it is but justice to him to say that he has been and is one of the prominent educational forces of the city. As an art critic he is clear in expression, readily understood even by those not familiar with art terms, while his views as to the merits or demerits of any given work of art the more readily accepted because they appeal to that sense of the fitness of things which all people of liberal culture possess in some measure, even though a technical education may be wanting. One of the best examples of his style and method as a critic is the article, published some time ago, on Carl Marr's recent work "Maria." In his specially, portraiture, Mr. Eldridge has done good work, as shown in the portraits of some of Milwaukee's prominent citizens; and, as he is comparatively a young man, still better work may be expected of him. He has also displayed marked ability in other lines of the graphic art, and had he given as much study to these as he has to portraiture, there is no doubt that he would have achieved at least equal success therein, for while he may not be what is loosely termed "a genius," he has that fine artistic taste--that clear perception of the principles of art--that is better is some respects than genius, because more prolific of the beautiful and the true in practical adornment." Here is a link to the site where I found it: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/... Hope this helps! |
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