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DR. EDWARD RUGGLES "GEMS" O/B SEA SCAPE #2 of 2 browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: N. America: American: Pre 1900: item # 701853 Please refer to our stock # lbk956 when inquiring.
Longbrook Antiques Stratford, Connecticut 06614 (203)377-5154 Guest Book $4,500.00 *PAIR* Lbk955 & Lbk956 |
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| This is an absolutely Beautiful and crisply painted Oil on Board is attributed to Dr. Edward Ruggles (see our listing of item lbk 955 for more information on this artist and mate painting) as it is in the same manner,documented Style, matching frame and from the same early estate as a signed and titled Oil on Board which is being offered with this wonderful painting. This stunning and crisp Oil Painting on Board displays 2 Fisherman upon a small Boat in Stormy Seas while a several Sailing ships are visible in the distance. This item is in its original frame, which also matches the frame on the Signed and Titled Ruggles O/B that we offer with this item (we will not separate these items). The painting itself on board measures 7 1/8" X 5 1/8" while the frame measures 10 7/8" X 8 7/8". The original Gold Painted Sand Finish Frame is lined with a worn Brown Velvet and Gold Finished liner.The upper left corner of this painting has a small area with a pressure crack to the surface of the paint which does not go through to the back of the board but must have been caused when the previous owners removed the painting at one time long ago. This painting is in Unrestored Wonderful condition and does appear to be in very good overall condition. Please note that this painting will only be sold with the Signed and Titled Rubbles Painting in a matching frame from our next item listing. The following is from the Vault of PFAFF's; Ruggles, Edward Dr. (1817-1867) Physician, Artist. Dr. Edward Ruggles was a friend of the Whitman family who was an "eccentric physician and painter in Brooklyn" (G. W. Allen 323). Ruggles earned his medical degree at Bowdoin College sometime around 1840. At some point, he gave up his medical career and devoted himself to painting. His "cabinet pictures" were known as "Ruggle Gems" and they "were greatly in demand at the time of his death, though apparently other artists were contemptuous of them. Many thought him eccentric, and apparently some found him unpleasant: ’For the shams and phariseeisms of life he had no sympathy and not much charity; and he did not hesitate to say what he thought for fear of consequences. To say things which run counter to common prejudices is not to court popularity; and it may be that Dr. Ruggles sometimes gained disfavor by such a course without securing any compensating advantage’" (G. W. Allen 323-24). Gay Allen suggests that "[h]e sounds very much in some ways like Walt Whitman himself" (380). A. L. Rawson describes Ruggles as a friend of Ada Clare, which does not place him at Pfaff’s proper, but does suggest that he spent time at Clare’s 42nd Street home where many Bohemians were known to gather (103). | ||
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