Clinton Loveridge (American, 1838-1915), Dairy Cattle Grazing in an Autumn Landscape

Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, with art supplier's stamp of C. W. Keenan, Brooklyn, New York to the verso, presented in an ornate giltwood frame with gallery plaque affixed to the lower center, under a mahogany shadow box.

Stretcher size 16 x 24 in.; Shadowbox 28 x 36 in.

Clinton Loveridge was an American painter known for pastoral landscapes, genre scenes, and animal subjects, often depicting cattle and sheep in rural settings with influence from the Hudson River School. Born in Troy, New York, he was raised in Albany and had established his own studio by 1859. He was active in Albany before relocating to Brooklyn, New York, where he spent much of his career. In Brooklyn, he shared a studio with fellow painter Samuel S. Carr, and the two artists supported themselves through the production of similar tranquil pastoral scenes. Loveridge exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association (1867–1884) and the National Academy of Design (1867–1899), and he also participated in the Albany Bicentennial Loan Exhibition of 1886.

In 1861, Loveridge enlisted in the Civil War and was severely wounded at the Battle of Hanover Court House, resulting in the amputation of his left leg. After leaving military service in 1866, he resumed painting and continued to exhibit into the late nineteenth century. His paintings were part of a broader movement in American landscape art, with heightened popularity of bucolic farm scenes after the Civil War.

Good estate condition, light age cracking.