George Ames Aldrich, George Ames Aldrich Cottage On A River, 1915

George Ames Aldrich (American, 1872-1941) Country Cottage on a River: Another superbly painted oil on canvas cottage painting be Aldrich showing a mastery of post impressionism touched by the beauty and inspiration of the French countryside in Normandy. His use of colors flutter across the canvas and his mastery of displaying rippling water is legendary. This almost square compositiion is rare and displays beautifully. This painting will make a room! Oil on canvas Signed G. Ames Aldrich (lower left) Condition: Excellent original condition with no inpaint. Unlined. Some indiscernible crazing in the water. Sight: 29 1/4 x 31 inches. Framed: 33 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches. George Ames Aldrich 1872–1941 A descendant of early New England colonists, George Ames Aldrich was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and received a college-preparatory education. He later claimed to have studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—one of numerous biographical "facts” that have never been substantiated. He did briefly attend New York City’s Art Students League, studying under such prominent artists as Kenyon Cox, William Merritt Chase, and John Twachtman. In 1894, Aldrich made his first trip abroad. In later accounts, he named as his teachers in Paris numerous renowned artists, notably James McNeill Whistler. He made illustrations for several English and American magazines and newspapers. In northern France Aldrich began painting the rural village and river scenes that would become his artistic mainstay. In subject, style, and composition these were deeply influenced by—indeed sometimes deliberately imitative of—the works of landscape painter Fritz Thaulow. Aldrich insisted he had been Thaulow’s pupil during the last two years of the Norwegian artist’s life, between 1904 and 1906, but this too is unsubstantiated. Before 1910 Aldrich made several long stays in France, where he married fellow artist Eugenie Wehrle. He moved to Chicago in 1917 and the follow