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Charles Walter Stetson

A Road to the Sea

Maker

Charles Walter Stetson (American, 1858-1911)

Title

A Road to the Sea

Year

1883

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor, charcoal

Supports

Dimensions

35.6 x 53.3 cm (14 x 21 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, LR corner: Ch. Walter Stetson 83. Inscribed verso "A Road to the Sea" in graphite.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Scott A. Smith

Object Number

34.785

Type

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure
19th-Century American Drawings from the Collection
Mar 13, 2015 – Jul 19, 2015

Label copy

The Rhode Island painter Charles Stetson spent his early career in Providence, exhibiting at the Providence Art Club alongside other artists exploring watercolor painting with new emphasis. With Sydney Richmond Burleigh, Stetson designed the famed Fleur de Lys Studio at 7 Thomas Street. Stetson was admired by his contemporaries for his color sense, and artist George Whitaker described him as having a “quick . . . observation of things, especially fugitive effects like cloud shadows falling upon the landscape.” In this expansive work, he used translucent washes and layered emerald green and heavy blue washes into color masses to create a moody landscape in advance of a rainstorm.

Gifts from the Rhode Island Foundation
Jan 06, 1989 – Feb 26, 1989

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Charles Walter Stetson (American, 1858-1911)
A Road to the Sea, 1883
Watercolor over charcoal on paper
35.6 x 53.3 cm (14 x 21 inches)
Gift of the Estate of Scott A. Smith 34.785

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