Ralph Albert Blakelock Exhibition

Lori Bookstein Fine Art

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Lori Bookstein Fine Art announces an exhibition of paintings in Gallery II by Ralph Albert Blakelock [1847-1919]. This is the gallery’s first solo-show of the artist’s work.

This show will consist of small paintings from the 1870s - 1890s. As with much of the work in this exhibition, Blakelock’s landscapes often feature a dark silhouetted foreground heavily painted in pigment that he sometimes
mixed with bitumen, resulting in a rich black ground. Blakelock occasionally included a small figure or figures within the landscapes and encampments of his compositions, such as Landscape with Teepee. Day Is Done
(Landscape with Indian Canoe), is typical of Blakelock’s work, with a dark foreground that contrasts starkly with a background illuminated by evening light. The highlight of the exhibition is a rare early landscape from the mid-
1870s, when Blakelock was working in a style closely aligned to that of the Hudson River School.

Ralph Albert Blakelock (b. 1847, New York; d. 1919, New York) is one of the most foremost American landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in New York City, the artist originally studied medicine
before dropping out of school to become a painter. From 1869-1872, Blakelock traveled throughout the American West, observing and documenting the rural landscape and Native American life. In subsequent years, Blakelock
continued his travels, journeying south to parts of western Mexico and Central America where he continued to paint scenes of unspoiled nature. In 1899, Blakelock was placed in the first of what would be a series of mental
institutions. The artist died in 1919.

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from June 04, 2015 to July 03, 2015

Opening Reception on 2015-06-04 from 18:00 to 20:00

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