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ANNA GOULD CRANE by Sheldon Peck (c.1837)
A very good Folk Art Print.
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
Born in Cornwall, Vermont, Sheldon Peck became an itinerant portrait painter. He was self-taught and did not sign his work, but his distinctive style of using a long brushstroke flanked by two shorter ones--resembling a rabbit's foot has become his signature. His early works, family portraits in Vermont, were brushed onto wood panels, and he used somber colors, dark backgrounds, and detailed clothing.
In 1828, he moved to a farm in Jordan, Onandaga County, New York and then began to paint with brighter colors. He continued to paint half and three-quarter length portraits on wood panels and added highly detailed settings and an occasional landscape in the background.
In 1835, he moved to Babcock's Grove, now Lombard, near Chicago, Illinois, and became a farmer and community leader who opened a school for his own and other children. Some think he was an abolitionist who hid slaves on the property. At the end of the farming season, he traveled and painted portraits, and used canvas instead of wood panels. He also made his own frames.
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