Oil on canvas (lined), signed at lower left, presented in a period giltwood frame with a nameplate.

Stretcher size 25 x 30 in. Frame dimensions 32 1/4 x 37 1/4 in.

Bruce Crane was a well-known American tonalist painting in the Barbizon style. He painted for many years in Old Lyme, Connecticut, but is also known to have painted in New Jersey, East Hampton, Long Island, and in the Adirondacks.

He was a member of the National Academy of Design, the Salmagundi Club, the Society of American Artist and the American Water Color Society. His paintings are in numerous prominent public and private collections including the Florence Griswold Museum and the Newark Museum.

Retaining label for Pennsylvania Art Conservatory, Berwyn, Pennsylvania; painting has been lined, one patched hole and some minor scattered losses with associated retouching visible under UV light inspection; frame with minor age cracking.