Toward the Close of Day

William Crothers Fitler

Toward the Close of Day, Paintings by William Crothers Fitler
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Marked Down $4,200.00
Gallery Price $9,500.00
Title
Toward the Close of Day
Artist
William Crothers Fitler
Medium
Oil on canvas
Canvas size
14" height X 20" width
Frame
Gold gilded ornate wood molding with composition detail.
Frame size
22 1/2" height X 28 1/2" width
Signed
WC Fitler NY at viewer's lower left
Date of creation
After 1871, when the Salmagundi Club was established.
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
Consigned by an elderly couple in Scottsdale, Arizona
About The Toward the Close of Day

Tonalist paintings like this are designed to evoke the viewer's emotional response. In contrast, more detailed paintings often convey a story of a specific place.

In this piece, the visceral response is conveyed or shared versus photographic detail. I have lived with a lovely Tonalist painting in my home for over 12 years, so I can assure you Tonalist paintings are entirely comfortable to co-exist with. They have a gentle grace I find entirely peaceful. More than four years ago another sensitive Tonalist painting by Fitler, measuring 12" X 16" sold at Sotheby's Arcade for $5,100. The original paper label for this painting, (having been exhibited at the Salmagundi Club) is attached to the painting's stretcher bar.

Marked Down from $6,500 to $4,200

About William Crothers Fitler
Cited as a Tonalist landscape painter and illustrator, this artist was born in Philadelphia in 1857. A student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, he became a member of the Salmagundi Club in 1881. This artist also joined the New York Water Color Club, the Kit-Kat Club, the Brooklyn Art Association (1881-1886). the Artists Fund Society and the New York Municipal Art Society. Fitler exhibited widely to include the National Academy (1880-1907), Brooklyn Art Club (1881-1886), Boston Art Club (181-1908), the Pennsylvania Academy (1879-1898) and the Art Institute of Chicago (1889 - 1911). Most of Fitler's works were painted in the countryside of Connecticut, in New York and in Long Island. IN 1901 he married the accomplished painter Claude Raguet Hirst. The above was taken from Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 400 Years of Artists in America by Peter Falk.
Cultures

USA

Medium

Paintings

Subject

Landscapes

Keywords

Fitler painting, W.C. Fitler, tonalist painting