Bruce Crane, Autumn, Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania

Bruce Crane

American · 1857–1937 · Painter, Printmaker

Robert Bruce Crane was an American painter. He joined the Lyme Art Colony in the early 1900s. His most active period, though, came after 1920, when for more than a decade he… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Frosted FieldsBrunk Auctions · $12,000≈ £7,392≈ €9,280Sign up to see
  2. Bruce Crane, Farm in the Valley, 1921, oil on canvasFarm in the ValleyBonhams · $12,000≈ £8,126≈ €9,506Sign up to see
  3. Bruce Crane, Geese by a woodland pond with moored boat, oil on canvasGeese by a woodland pond with moored boatBonhams · $11,250≈ £7,242≈ €10,119Sign up to see

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Robert Bruce Crane was an American painter. He joined the Lyme Art Colony in the early 1900s. His most active period, though, came after 1920, when for more than a decade he did oil sketches of woods, meadows, and hills. He developed into a Tonalist painter under the influence of Jean-Charles Cazin at Grez-sur-Loing. Crane's mature works were nearly always fall and winter scenes. He usually painted in his studio in Bronxville, New York, where like many of the Tonalists he relied mostly on memories of his outdoor sketching experiences. Selected work can be found at the Florence Griswold Museum and the Newark Museum. He is a descendant of the Continental Congressman Stephen Crane.

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Born 1857, New York CityDied 1937, BronxvilleOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q4977314 ↗ULAN 500017443 ↗Museum works 8

Also known as Crane, R. Bruce Crane, Robert Bruce Crane

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Bruce Crane, Autumn, Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania
Autumn, Brandywine Valley, Pennsylvania1910
Birmingham Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museum of Art
Bruce Crane, Autumn Uplands
Autumn Uplands1908
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Bruce Crane, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bruce Crane, Snow Scene
Snow Scene1897
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Bruce Crane, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bruce Crane, Autumn
Autumn1909
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bruce Crane, December Uplands
December Uplands1919
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bruce Crane, The Fall Season
The Fall Season1897
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum
Bruce Crane, Fall Morning
Fall Morning
Dayton Art Institute ↗
CC0 · Bruce Crane, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Dayton Art Institute
Bruce Crane, Lingering Winter
Lingering Winter1919
Dallas Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dallas Museum of Art

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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