January 2010 HARDCOVER ISBN 13: 978-1-55595-353-9 ISBN: 1-55595-353-0 150 pages 10 x 11 25 x 28 12 color plates 18 black & white US $ 40
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Lemuel Maynard Wiles A Record of His Works, 1864-1904
Geoffrey K. Fleming Foreword by Herbert Hawley
This volume features a detailed accounting of the work of this New York
painter and teacher. Trained in the traditions of the Hudson River
School by two of the movement’s leading lights, William M. Hart and
Jasper Francis Cropsey, Wiles established a successful career of his own
as a painter of landscapes in New York, including on Long Island, as well
as portraits. He was widely collected and exhibited during his lifetime.
He also served as director of the art school at Ingham University in upstate
New York, and later founded the Silver Lake Art School.
The centerpiece of the book is the artist’s ledger, which he kept meticulously
from the very beginning of his career as a painter, that details
the subjects, sizes, prices, and buyers of his paintings. Also included are
a biography of the artist and several color illustrations of his work.
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