Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Etching |
Title |
The Covered Bridge |
Catalog Number |
2003.53 |
Creator |
Sawyier, Paul, 1865-1917 |
Date |
1893 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-8 W-19 inches |
Description |
This landscape is a covered bridge containing a street car or train. The road runs toward the entrance that is flanked by two electric poles. Two steeples can be seen in the background. There is a picket fence on the right side and a stone building on the left. There is a pencil remarque of the bridge in lower left margin. |
Notes |
This painting was given by the donor, Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton, in memory of her grandparents, Rose Stewart and J. McClelland Van der Veer. Rose was the youngest daughter of Dr. John Quincy Adams Stewart, founder of the Stewart Home School in Frankfort. Rose and McClelland were married in 1892 and lived on Shelby Street. They lived in Frankfort until 1908 at which time they moved to New Orleans. Paul Sawyier was a friend of theirs so it is likely they either purchased the etching or he gave it to them. Sawyier was born on March 23, 1865 to Dr. Nathaniel and Ellen Wingate Sawyier on his grandfather's farm in Madison County, Ohio. In 1870, he moved with his family to Frankfort, Kentucky. Sawyier's painting career began about 1890. William Merritt Chase, Frank Duveneck and Thomas Noble trained Sawyier in portraiture. By 1900, Sawyier was painting landscapes in the impressionist style. In 1913, Sawyier moved to Brooklyn, New York where he lived with his widowed sister. In 1915, he moved to the Catskill resort area. After about a year, he moved in with a family in Fleishmanns, New York. Paul Sawyier died in Highmount, New York on November 5, 1917. He was buried in the Covesville Cemetery. Five years later, his cousin, Judge Russel McRery, returned Sawyier's body to be reinterred on June 9, 1923 in the Frankfort City Cemetery. |
Collection |
Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton Collection |
People |
Sawyier, Paul, 1865-1917 Van der Veer, J. McClelland Van der Veer, Rose Stewart Stewart, John Quincy Adams |
Subjects |
Landscapes Art Painting Paintings Covered bridges Bridges Dirt roads Building Buildings |
Search Terms |
Landscapes Impressionism (Art) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |