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Alexander Harrison |
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The Circle of the Sea |
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(Thomas) Alexander Harrison (American, 1853 - 1930). The older brother of painter Birge Harrison, Alexander Harrison's first career was as a topographical draftsman for the U.S. Coastal Survey, following early studies in art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. By 1879, however, he was in Paris studying art with Jerome and Bastien-Lepage. Harrison remained in France for most of his adult life, exhibting extensively in Paris. He returned to the States often, however, where he work found great favor. Harrison received numerous exhibition medals on both sides of the Atlantic and his work can be found in numerous museums in the US and Europe. On his death in 1930, the New York Times described Harrison as the "dean of American painters."
Given its size, subject matter, and brilliant execution, this work clearly ranks as a major work by the artist. It combines the elements he was most noted for: the sea and its changing colors and movements at the end of the day; human figures (here two boys playing in the surf) and an element of symbolist mystery (branches bent into the shape of a circle held aloft by the two boys). |
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ca. 1900 |
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38 x 51 |
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oil on canvas |
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