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Charles H. Turner (1848-1908). Change Avenue, Boston. browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Paintings:Oil:N. America:American: Pre 1900: item # 748413 Please refer to our stock # 2468a when inquiring.
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| Oil on canvas, 22 x 14 inches plus frame. Signed and dated "C. H. Turner 1889 lower left, exhibition label, with title, on stretcher. Born in Newburyport, Mass., Turner studied with the legendary Otto Grundmann, founder of the so-called "Boston School" and perpetuator of the Dutch tradition of subtle coloration and high finish. Turner was president of the Boston Art Club and exhibited there from 1884 to 1907. Other exhibition venues included the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he exhibited a picture titled "A Corner of Boston" in 1887 (No. 292) and the Art Institute of Chicago. Change Avenue was actually more an alley than a thoroughfare. It nestled between the State House and Faneuil Hall Square. Obliterated in the urban "renewal" of the 1970's, a photo of it taken in the 1920's is included in Jane Holtz Kay's book, "Lost Boston." Turner's eye for composition is evident in this urban "canyon" view peopled by common working folk in an unglamorous setting--a rare and early Boston take on what became known as the "Ashcan" School in New York some 2 decades later. The social realism subject matter championed by Henri, Sloan, Luks and Bellows never gained much of a following in Boston, where the Boston Museum School, under the sway of Benson and Tarbell, preferred more elevated themes and decorous settings. | ||
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