Oil on canvas (lined), 1911, signed and dated at upper left, presented in a period appropriate gilt frame.

Stretcher size 36 x 26 in.; Frame dimensions 46 1/2 x 36 in.

From the Collection of the late Victor Lefkowitz, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

William Wallace Gilchrist, Jr. was born into an artistic family. His father, William Wallace Gilchrist, Sr., was a talented musician and composer. Although not musically inclined, William Jr. did show early talent for painting and drawing. He received his formal training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studying under such talent as Cecilia Beaux, Thomas Anshutz, and William Merritt Chase. Gilchrist also studied with Winslow Homer during summer vacations in Maine.

The canvas has been lined; there are faint, evenly spaced, horizontal craquelure lines visible on the surface; scattered retouch visible under UV light.

$2,000 - 4,000