Beschreibung:

oil on canvas, signed lower left. A colorful, early autumn view of a forest road being traveled by a flock of sheep and their shepherd. An outstanding example of Lindsay's later, more impressionist-style, work. In a period, probably original, gesso and gilt frame bearing a plaque that identifies the scene and dates the painting 1904; 19.5" x 25.25" (w/o frame), 28" x 33.5" (w/frame). Thomas Corwin Lindsay (1839-1907), renowned Cincinnati landscape, portrait, and animal painter, active from 1858 to ca 1905. He displayed an unusual talent at a very young age. He made several ventures east, sketching along the way. Just after the Civil War, he left for Europe, studying in Dusseldorf and Paris. Upon his return, he embarked on a prolific career, executing hundreds of paintings. One reviewer noted in 1877 that: "Over two thousand of [Lindsay's] paintings, nearly all landscapes, hang in and around Cincinnati." His later work often portrayed serene agricultural scenes. He exhibited at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, was a member of the Cincinnati Art Club and the Society of Western Artists. Stringtown, Kentucky probably refers to Boone County. Stringtown was a small town, no longer in existence, near present-day Hebron. However, the mystery deepened with the publication of John Uri Lloyd's Stringtown on the Pike in the early years of the twentieth century. Lloyd's "Tale of Northernmost Kentucky" is set in Stringtown, but is actually a thinly veiled account of life in Florence. Stringtown had probably ceased to exist by this time, making it an excellent choice for Lloyd's fictional account, but Stringtown soon became a nickname for Florence. Cowan's gratefully acknowledges Hollie Davis of the Florence Branch of the Boone County Public Library, for help in the preparation of this entry. Condition: Minor damage to frame.