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| Charles Courtney Curran |
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| American, 1861-1942 |
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| “The Dawn Spring, 1902” |
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| Oil on canvas Signed lower left, 1902 18 x 32 inches Framed: 27 x 43 inches |
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Before turning to American Impressionism, Charles Curran achieved success at the Paris Salon of 1890 with a series of poetic fantasies displaying precisely drawn figures surrounded by redolent floral landscapes very similar to this painting. Born in Cragsmoor, Ulster County, New York, Curran studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, the Art Student’s League and the National Academy of Design before traveling to Paris to study at the Academie Julian with Constant, Lefebvre, and Doucet. While the aesthetic concern with surface pattern and sensual appeal in these works reveal a close affinity with Symbolism, Curran would retain his preference for the female figure and his commitment to strong abstract design throughout his career. Exhibited National Academy of Design (1888, 1893, 1895, 1919) prizes Paris Salon (1890) prize Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893) medal Atlanta Exposition (1895) medal Paris Exposition (1900) medal Pan-American Exposition, Buiffalo (1901) medal Society of American Artists (1904) prize St. Louis Exposition (1904) medal Society of Washington Artists (1905) prize Salmagundi Club (1933) prize Permanent Collections National Gallery of Art Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Columbus Museum of Art Art Association, Richmond, Indiana Toledo Museum of Art Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Montclair, NJ Art Museum San Antonio Art Museum Fort Worth Art Museum Dallas Art Association Witte Memorial Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Mark Twain Memorial, Hartford, CT Vassar College Columbia University Savidge Memorial Library, Petersborough, NY Court House, Norwalk, Ohio Lotos Club Chamber of Commerce, NY Bar Association, NY |
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