Alice Ruggles Sohier (1880-1969) and Frederick Andrew Bosley (1881-1942) were students ofEdmund C. Tarbell, trained at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Related bymarriage (Frederick was Alice's brother-in-law), each artist became a master of the so-calledBoston School, creating landscapes, interiors, still lifes, portraits, and other refined and elegantworks notable for their sublime treatment of light and shade in the grand manner espoused byTarbell and his disciples. Today, however, Sohier and Bosley's work is not particularly wellknown, nor have these important and intriguing artists received the scholarly attention that theydeserve. This catalogue, with an introduction by William Brewster Jr. (Bosley's grandson)brings to light many of their privately owned major works that have slumbered for nearly acentury and enriches the biographical record of their lives. The result is a greater understandingof these overlooked artists and their place in the evolution of the Boston School.Twilight's perspective on the work of Sohier and Bosley demonstrates that, while they may havebeen painting at the end of an era, they were at the height of their art. As observed by Brian W.J.LeMay in his foreword, "To a large degree, Bosley and Sohier were forgotten because theirworks did not become commodities of value on the art market of their time and within themodernist critical environment of the early twentieth century- not because their work waslacking in quality, eloquence, and occasionally even profundity. We are now at a fortunatemoment in the history of art when we may rediscover them for the extraordinary artists that theywere."

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Twilight of American Impressionism

Publisher

Portsmouth Marine Society Press

ISBN

091581949X

Language

en

Release

2021

Pages

83

Categories

Art / General

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William Brewster (Jr)

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