Louise Cameron Walter Fortescue aka


Oil Painting on Hard Board.
Signed in her married name L.C.Fortescue lower left.
Early 20 century Impressionist landscape.
13 x 20 inches un-framed ... 17 x 23 inches in Frame shown.



EBAY : (05 Oct 2004)
L.C.Fortescue aka L.C.Walter b1881..Pennsylvania Artist

ARTIST: Louise Cameron Walter 1881 - 1963 ...
American Listed Artist....painting is signed in her married name (but she is usually listed under Walter).
The artist is listed in Who Was Who in American Art. Born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, she later married famous Canadian/American Engineer Charles LeGeyt Fortescue. She studied art at the AcadÈmie Julian in Paris at the turn of the Century where she won three medals in the annual art competitions.
The AcadÈmie had a world renowned faculty, boasting of the most famous and successful artists of their time, including William Bouguereau, Jules Lefebvre, Emile Renard and Jean-Paul Laurens. For young women, the AcadÈmie Julian was an important alternative training center to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the official art school of France, which barred women from studying there until 1897.
Just a few of the artists who studied at the school were Frank Benson, Edmund Tarbell, Thomas Dewing, Gari Melchers, J.C. Leyendecker, John Henry Twachtman, and Joseph Sharp.
Her academic training in France completed she embarked on a long career to painting and sculpture works in the United State. Mrs. Fortescue was an accomplished artist painting tiny realistic miniatures, large portraits, and impressionist landscapes.


Up for Auction is this Fabulous American Impressionist Landscape painted during the period the Artist and her husband were on holiday after he had won the famous « Order of Merit » from Westinghouse that year.

This very appealing work for the collector interested in Early American, Pennsylvania and/or Women Artists would make a fine addition to any art collection. Truly a Rare Find!!!

CONDITION: In very Good Condition without repair or damage ... Frame is gratis to the winning bidder but is in good usable condition.

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