Featured 19th Century Painter: Charles Drew Cahoon (American 1861 – 1951)

  • July 05, 2021 10:03

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Charles Drew Cahoon (American 1861 – 1951) ( aka C.D. Cahoon, Charles Cahoon ) USS Constitution - Oil on canvas, 14.5 x 23.5 inches / Signed lower right

Charles Drew Cahoon, born in Harwich, Massachusetts, as a child copied drawings by his father, a sea captain and amateur artist. Cahoon spent time at sea himself and made sketches of his observations. Interested in photography, his early career was spent in Boston re-touching photographs. In 1900 artist Charles Drew Cahoon became a full-time painter and maintained a studio in Boston where he was quite successful. He was a prolific painter, producing and estimated 3,000 works, most of which are Cape Cod landscapes and seascapes. His earlier paintings were somewhat Impressionist in execution; however, his later works were executed with more representational realism, using mellow tones and soft lighting effects. Some of his early works included copies of Gilbert Stuart’s paintings of Martha and George Washington. Cahoon survived the stock market crash of 1929, but, his career never recovered to the level it had been before the financial disaster. His life and works are documented in the book, “He Painted Cape Cod”, by Barbara Sykes McCready (1994).

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Welcome to Bedford Fine Art Gallery. Located in historic Bedford, Pennsylvania, the gallery offers a wide variety of works from some of the greatest and most well-known 19th century artists, early 20th century artists, and contemporary realism artists. You can see all of our available 19th century artwork on our Gallery page. Our current inventory boasts a wide diversity of subject matter from landscape, marine, still life, genre, American historical/political, sporting art, and animal themes. Our gallery features both American and European 19th century painters such as John Henry Dolph, George Hetzel, William Bromley III, and Barton Stone Hays, to name a few. To see more of our 19th century artists, please visit our Artists page. Good art is timeless and only you know what "wows" you. You know it when you see it and we hope you make that connection with a stunning painting from Bedford Fine Art Gallery. Thank you.

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