Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1945.10155 |
Collection |
Painting Collection |
Media Collection |
Watercolor Collection |
Title |
Cape Porpoise |
Date |
Before 1945 |
Artist |
Richard Lahey (1893-1978) |
Signature |
Richard Lahey |
Signature Location |
Full signature on viewer's bottom right |
Description |
Prominent American watercolor artist Richard Lahey (1893-1978) is best remembered for paintings like this of Cape Porpoise, Maine, a small coastal village in the town of Kennebunkport, Maine. He trained at the Art Students' League of New York from 1915 to 1917 under acclaimed painter Robert Henri (1865-1929) a member of the Ash Can School, whose members captured the gritty reality of urban America life in the first decade of the twentieth century. Like many artists of his generation, Lahey joined the military in 1917 and worked for the Camouflage Corps of the Navy during World War I. When the war was over, he illustrated magazines in New York and by 1937, Lahey became a Professor of Fine Arts at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland. |
Medium |
Watercolor, Ink, Paper |
Technique |
Painted |
Height (in) |
24.500 |
Width (in) |
30.250 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Ashcan School |
Place of Origin |
Washington D.C., United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of C. W. Kraushaar Gallery (1885-Present) |
People |
C. W. Kraushaar Gallery (1885-Present) |
Search Terms |
American Art American Artists American Paintings Ashcan School Boats Cape Porpoise, Maine Coastlines Docks Oceans Paintings Seascapes Washington D.C., United States Watercolor Paintings |
Location |
Not on view |