Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII) 1886 William Trost Richards American This sketchbook contains forty-six drawings in graphite and ink, primarily of New England landscape and marine subjects. The addition to the Museums collection of this and one other sketchbook (1992.2.2) of Pacific Northwest landscape subjects by Richards virtually completes a representation of the range of the artists graphic achievement. The books are remarkable for both highly finished compositions and for pages of rapid notes probably taken during strolls through the countryside. The pages testify to Richards tireless pleasure in observing nature, to the sketchbooks utility as a rehearsal place for his hand, and to the vivid impressions he could produce with the simplest of means. Not least of all, they offer a key understanding to the artists uncanny facility in his better known paintings and watercolors.. Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII). William Trost Richards (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833-190

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Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII) 1886 William Trost Richards American This sketchbook contains forty-six drawings in graphite and ink, primarily of New England landscape and marine subjects. The addition to the Museums collection of this and one other sketchbook (1992.2.2) of Pacific Northwest landscape subjects by Richards virtually completes a representation of the range of the artists graphic achievement. The books are remarkable for both highly finished compositions and for pages of rapid notes probably taken during strolls through the countryside. The pages testify to Richards tireless pleasure in observing nature, to the sketchbooks utility as a rehearsal place for his hand, and to the vivid impressions he could produce with the simplest of means. Not least of all, they offer a key understanding to the artists uncanny facility in his better known paintings and watercolors.. Sky Sketch (from Sketchbook VII). William Trost Richards (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1833-190

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