Shooting the Polar Bear in the Arctic19th century16 x 22 "
Frame: 19 7/8 x 26 x 1 3/8 "Oil on canvasGift of Robert Bishop1986.9.30Picture: Lower right quadrant small boat containing 3 figures, all facing L; alongside, on an ice floe, are 2 full length armed male figures, also facing L. L foreground, on ice floe, a polar bear faces the hunters; another in Ul quadrant. Center of picture distant sailing vessel. Water and icy areas in green tones. Background, L and R, towering icebergs. Upper portion- sky of grey with white clouds and pink glow. Frame: Cove molding, painted wood, inner section is silvered.152488398Artist unidentifiedPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. NoneUnited StatesPaintingsPAINTINGThis Type of picture is important as a document of 19th century commercial enterprise. In the genre manner, it records a narrative of economic industry- hunting and shipping - and the dangers of such a livlihood. The subject was popular in the late 19th century and appears on lithographs and paintings, some by Charles S. Raleigh, a painter of ships and scenes of the Arctic. Two of his pictures, " Law of the wild," 1881, and " chilly observation," 1889, are in the National Gallery of Art. They can be compared in style, compositon and palette with " shooting the polar Bear in the Arctic." The former have the artist's signature in the lower left corner. Reproductions can be seen in AMERICAN NAIVE PAINTING FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, P.81 and 101 MASTERPIECES FROM THE GARBISCH COLLECTION, P. 132.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org18001899 1986 9 3 PAINTINGThis Type of picture is important as a document of 19th century commercial enterprise. In the genre manner, it records a narrative of economic industry- hunting and shipping - and the dangers of such a livlihood. The subject was popular in the late 19th century and appears on lithographs and paintings, some by Charles S. Raleigh, a painter of ships and scenes of the Arctic. Two of his pictures, " Law of the wild," 1881, and " chilly observation," 1889, are in the National Gallery of Art. They can be compared in style, compositon and palette with " shooting the polar Bear in the Arctic." The former have the artist's signature in the lower left corner. Reproductions can be seen in AMERICAN NAIVE PAINTING FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, P.81 and 101 MASTERPIECES FROM THE GARBISCH COLLECTION, P. 132.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org