Blankenbergh

1876

William Stanely Haseltine

Associated Names
William Stanley Haseltine

Artist, American, 1835 - 1900

The image shows a beach scene with two large wooden boats on the sandy shore. The boats have tall masts and one is draped with a net. The horizon can be seen high against the sky, meeting the distant sea. Smaller boats are visible further to the left. The brushstrokes depict the texture of the wood and the translucent net realistically. The color palette includes soft pastels, with pale blue skies and light sandy tones predominating, complemented by earthy browns and reds on the boats.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Roger H. Plowden (daughter of the artist); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1952; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Memorial Exhibition of William Stanley Haseltine, N.A., National Academy of Design, New York, 1958, no. 93

1972

  • The Dusseldorf Academy and the Americans, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972-1973

1976

  • The Hudson on the Rhine, Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Germany; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 1976

1979

  • Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 30-31

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 75, no. 472.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: W.S.H. / Blankenbergh. July 2nd / 1876; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 15

Wikidata ID

Q64639591

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