The John L. Hasbrouck186530 1/4 x 50 " (76.8 x 127 cm)
Frame: 35 3/4 x 55 3/4 x 1 1/2 " (90.8 x 141.6 x 3.8 cm)Oil on canvasGift of Mr. G.L. (Jack) Reeves Jr.1984.18.101530171162James BardPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."DRAWN AND PAINTED BY J. BARD N.Y. 1865/162 PERRY ST."New YorkNew YorkUnited StatesNew YorkeMuseum - Collection HighlightsPaintingsNew YorkJames Bard and his twin brother John began painting ship portraits together in the early 1830's. Their last joint effort was finished in 1849 and john died destitute a few years later in 1856. James Bard continued painting with little evident change of style, suggesting that the greatest artistic input had always been his. Most of the steamers were painted against a slack tide with landscape; the sky and background painted first and the ship painted in bas-relief against the background. Sculptural effects were sometimes created with a build up of paint and gesso. Bard's work can be divided into three periods, each with an identifying signature. Until 1849: Joint signature; 1850-54: Drawn and painted by James Bard 162 Perry Street, New York; 1865-: J. Bard, Ny. His last painting is signed "J. Bard, NY 75 Years." This painting was executed during his most academic period with a greater concentration on the ship image and fewer people. The steamer John L. Hasbrouk was built in Brooklyn in 1864 as an overnight passenger steamer which also carried cargo such as farm produce between the Hudson Valley and NYC. It was named after John L. Hasbrouk (1813-1895) a steamboat agent in Roundout and for some time ran between Poughkeepsie and NYC before being renamed the "Mariborough" in 1890 and eventually abandoned in 1918.PAINTING
For twenty years, James Bard and his twin brother, John, specialized in portraits of the steamships that traveled up the Hudson from their home port of New York City. After John’s death in 1856, James continued painting steamboats in the same characteristic manner. Ships painted by the Bards are almost always shown from the port side and the details of construction are almost always exact as the painters worked from plans. The steamship John L. Hasbrouck was built in 1864 and was used between Stuyvesant and New York City and later as the Poughkeepsie night boat.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "The John L. Hasbrouck," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 5018651865 1984 18 1 James Bard and his twin brother John began painting ship portraits together in the early 1830's. Their last joint effort was finished in 1849 and john died destitute a few years later in 1856. James Bard continued painting with little evident change of style, suggesting that the greatest artistic input had always been his. Most of the steamers were painted against a slack tide with landscape; the sky and background painted first and the ship painted in bas-relief against the background. Sculptural effects were sometimes created with a build up of paint and gesso. Bard's work can be divided into three periods, each with an identifying signature. Until 1849: Joint signature; 1850-54: Drawn and painted by James Bard 162 Perry Street, New York; 1865-: J. Bard, Ny. His last painting is signed "J. Bard, NY 75 Years." This painting was executed during his most academic period with a greater concentration on the ship image and fewer people. The steamer John L. Hasbrouk was built in Brooklyn in 1864 as an overnight passenger steamer which also carried cargo such as farm produce between the Hudson Valley and NYC. It was named after John L. Hasbrouk (1813-1895) a steamboat agent in Roundout and for some time ran between Poughkeepsie and NYC before being renamed the "Mariborough" in 1890 and eventually abandoned in 1918.PAINTING
For twenty years, James Bard and his twin brother, John, specialized in portraits of the steamships that traveled up the Hudson from their home port of New York City. After John’s death in 1856, James continued painting steamboats in the same characteristic manner. Ships painted by the Bards are almost always shown from the port side and the details of construction are almost always exact as the painters worked from plans. The steamship John L. Hasbrouck was built in 1864 and was used between Stuyvesant and New York City and later as the Poughkeepsie night boat.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "The John L. Hasbrouck," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 50