"Lake George     Oil on Canvas, Monogram ""JWC"" (l.c.)    12"" x 20"" / 20"" x 28"" Frame O.D. *Most Likely The Original Period Frame    Condition: Original Unlined Canvas in Excellent Condition with The Exception of ( 2 ) Small Crack Lines to Right of Steam Boat. No apparent Restoration when Painting was Examined under Black Light. Painting appears to have been backed into this one frame, one time only, no additional nail holes visible in Stretchers. Square Forged Nails Utilized in the Making of this Frame.     Price Available Upon Request       Born in New York City, John Casilear was a leading Hudson River School* painter, known for serene landscapes that reflect delicate detailing he learned as an engraver and his interest in Luminism* or the reflection of light on natural forms.  He began his study with master engraver Peter Maverick and then studied landscape painting with Asher Durand.  To earn money, Casilear worked for many years as an engraver for the American Bank Note Company and later with his own firm.  But his great love was landscape painting, which he exhibited beginning 1833 at the National Academy of Design*.  From 1840 to 1843, he traveled in Europe with Durand, John Kensett and Thomas Rossiter, but for most of his life, he worked either out of his studio in New York City or in upstate New York or in Vermont, where he spent many summers.  From 1854, he devoted himself to landscape painting and was a leader among the Hudson River School Luminist painters who focused on special effects of air, light, and mood.  Views of Lake George were his most frequent subjects.  He was elected an Academician of the National Academy in 1851, and his work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.  He died in Saratoga, New York.   Source: Michael David Zellman,  300 Years of American Art  Peter Falk,  Who Was Who in American Art      Museums  (22 - partial list) :  John William Casilear         Butler Institute of American Art   Frederick R Weisman Art Museum    George Walter Vincent Smith Museum    Georgia Museum of Art    High Museum of Art    Mead Art Museum    Metropolitan Museum of Art    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston    National Academy of Design Museum    National Gallery of Art, Washington DC    New-York Historical Society    Robert Hull Fleming Museum    Saint Louis Art Museum    The Brooklyn Museum of Art    The Columbus Museum of Art, Georgia    The Museum Of Arts And Sciences    The Newark Museum    The White House Permanent Collection    The Woodmere Art Museum    Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art    Walters Art Museum    Washington County Museum of Fine Arts"
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