Henry Collins Bispham (American, 1841 - 1882) ( aka H.C.Bispham ) Misty Morning on the Lake
Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 35.5 inches / Signed lower left
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“...his excellent pictures of animals in landscapes are delineated with great authenticity and feeling” (19th century art critic Theodore Tuckerman).
Bispham was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artist known for hunting and fishing genre and wildlife paintings. He studied under noted Philadelphia landscape and marine artist, William Trost Richards and later in Paris under genre and landscape painter, Otto Weber.
Bispham exhibited at the Boston Art Club, National Academy of Design, Brooklyn Art Association, Philadelphia Sketch Club, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
High auction record for this artist is $16,500.