Description:

Henry Ary (NY/RI, 1807-1859), Sailing on the Hudson, Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, depicting sailboats on the water with trees in left foreground, in a period giltwood frame. Frame size: 30 in. x 40 1/2 in.

Provenance: purchased Brunk Auctions, 5/30/2025, lot 1028, for $4,000; Shannons Fine Art Actioneers, 5/1/2014, lot 143, for $4,800.

The resident artist of Hudson, New York in the mid-19th century and a key artist in the Hudson River School of painting, Henry Ary had moved to Hudson in the 1840s from his home town of Providence, Rhode Island. He is most noted for his town views of Olana and for nearby Mount Merino. Sanford Gifford was often his sketching partner, and Ary is credited with having influence on the quality of the early painting of Gifford, who became much more famous than Ary. Another artist who learned much from Ary was John Bunyan Bristol, who also lived and painted in the Olana area.(AskArt)

Measurements: Height: by sight 19 5/8 in. x Width: 29 5/8 in.

Condition:

Good restored condition, relined, areas of inpainting throughout, particularly in sky and water, frame with wear commensurate with age, small surface losses, abrasions.

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