$1,998
Carl Gordon Cutler (American, 1873-1945) Walker Pond, Looking East Toward Caterpillar Signed "Carl G Cutler" l. l., identified on a label from the Vose Galleries of Boston on the reverse. Watercolor and graphite on paper, sight size 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (50.0 x 59.5 cm), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. N.B. American Modernist painter Carl Gordon Cutler is best known for his watercolors of Maine landscapes. Formally trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Academie Julian in Paris, it was not until the Armory show of 1913 that Cutler was exposed to the more avant-garde artistic movements, such as Cubism and Fauvism. Along with Charles Hovey Pepper, Maurice Prendergast, and E. Ambrose Webster, he formed "The Four Boston Painters." He was influenced by the work of both European artists, including Henri Matisse and Paul Cezanne, and his American contemporaries, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and William and Marguerite Zorach. Cutler first traveled to Maine in the 1920s to paint, and from that point, he was continually inspired by the beauty of the Maine landscape, particularly the Penobscot Bay region. His dramatic plein-air landscapes are marked by vibrant colors, angular forms, and a sense of immediacy.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-05-18
