Joseph Henry Boston (American, 1860-1954), A Mountain Road

Oil on canvas, circa 1949, signed at lower left, retaining exhibition label, presented in a later frame.

Stretcher size 25 x 30 in.; Frame dimensions 28 1/2 x 33 1/4 in.

Exhibited:
National Academy of Design, 123rd Annual Exhibition, March 10-23, 1949, no. 99

A copy of the exhibition catalogue accompanies the lot.

Originally from Connecticut, Joseph Henry Boston is most closely associated with New York. At the age of 15, he enrolled in the antique class at the National Academy of Design school in 1875. He first exhibited at the Academy's annual in 1884, and would be included in a total of fifty-eight annual exhibitions.

Boston is best known for his society portraits and impressionist landscapes. He held memberships at the National Academy of Design, The Society of American Artists, the Salmagundi Club, the Brooklyn Art Club, the National Arts Club and the Lotos Club in New York.

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