Pictured at left is a painting Titled "View from Randolph Hill" by Homer Dodge Martin (1836 - 1897). The two Mountains depicted are Mount Madison and Mount Adams. I purchased the painting from an estate sale on Cape Cod this past winter. The painting is unsigned so the seller offered the painting as by an "Important American Painter" because the family could not remember who the artist was.
I had just read "The Intimate Landscape" which featured Martin's masterpiece "View from Randolph Hill" in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The MET subsequently sold the painting in 2007 through Christie's, the online catalog can be viewed at this link, www.christies.com/lotfinder/
Martin was an important figure in American painting. He and George Inness were the two pivotal artists who broke from the pervasive Hudson River School Style and championed the new and avant-guard Barbizon Style.
Homer Dodge Martin (1836 - 1897), "View from Randolph Hill", circa 1862, oil on canvas, 18" x 30", unsigned
I had just read "The Intimate Landscape" which featured Martin's masterpiece "View from Randolph Hill" in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The MET subsequently sold the painting in 2007 through Christie's, the online catalog can be viewed at this link, www.christies.com/lotfinder/
Martin was an important figure in American painting. He and George Inness were the two pivotal artists who broke from the pervasive Hudson River School Style and championed the new and avant-guard Barbizon Style.
Homer Dodge Martin (1836 - 1897), "View from Randolph Hill", circa 1862, oil on canvas, 18" x 30", unsigned
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