Burning of Old South Church, Bath, Maine

c. 1854

John Hilling

Painter, British, 1822 - 1894

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Maine. Purchased in 1948 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 71, as artist unkown. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Luncerne, Switzerland.

1957

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washingotn, 1954, no. 92, as artist unknown.

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 92, as artist unknown.

1958

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1962

  • Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 36, as artist unkown.

1963

  • Maine and Its Artists 1710-1963, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, Maine; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1963-1964, no. 8, as artist unkown.

1968

  • The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1978

  • The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1997

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, 1997.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 130, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 268, repro.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 198-200, color repro. 199.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 203, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188049


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