Charles F. Kimball
Charles Frederick Kimball (1831 - 1903) was a 19th-century American, pastoral landscape and marine painter, etcher and a master cabinet maker in Portland, Maine.[1]
Early life[]
A native of Maine, Charles Frederick Kimball was born in Monmouth, Maine on October 31, 1831, the youngest of thirteen children, into a family of architects and builders.[2]
Career[]
He was largely self-taught. He showed local scenery paintings as early as 1853. He along with fellow landscape artist, , Jr., shared a passion for painting en plein air, traveling around Casco Bay and Portland with their easels and brushes painting local scenery. It was these works that brought him notice. It showed his appreciation for the gentle shifts in the evening light. At this point in this career he was influenced by the Hudson River School.
He studied with Portland artist, and John Greenleaf Cloudman. He was a member of the , a group of artists who went on sketching trips together.
After gaining recognition as a gifted artist, Kimball quit painting professionally in 1863 to work as a stair builder and cabinet maker. He continued to paint as a hobby and his work found a wide regional audience. Despite his growing popularity, he did not want to commercialize his work. When he did sell a piece, it was through a small gallery or frame shop.
After quitting the "professional scene", his style evolved under the influence of the French Barbizon school.
Marriage[]
In 1863 he married Annie Cloudman, daughter of John Greenleaf Cloudman, his mentor.[1] He died in 1903.
Legacy[]
He was an active artist his whole life and a "champion of the arts" in the Portland area.[3] He was dedicated to maintaining the local art scene. In 1882 he played a major role in the founding of the now the Portland Museum of Art. He served as its president from 1899 until his death in 1903.
It was he and John Calvin Stevens who influenced Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat to leave the McLellan House, Portland, Maine to the Portland Art Society. The building has since become the society’s permanent home.
Works[]
Paintings[]
- 1859 - Marine Hospital
- 1860 - Presumpscot River Looking Toward Blackstrap
- 1875 - The Lock
- 1875 - Down from the Hills
- 1878 - Poplars
- 1879 - Twilight at Stroudwater
- Portland Harbor
- Country Fence and Path
- Pine Grove
- Approaching a Cove in Casco Bay
- Woodland Lane
- 1882 - Coal Sheds, Topsham and Brunswick
Etchings[]
- 1880 - Old Houses at Stroudwater
- 1889 - Coal Sheds at Topsham
Collections[]
Portland Museum of Art[4]
Books[]
- Charles F. Kimball: Etchings, Colby College Art Museum 1965
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Art Fact". Archived from the original on 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
- ^ Ask Art
- ^ Resource Library Magazine Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Portland Museum of Art Archived December 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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- 1831 births
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- People from Monmouth, Maine
- Artists from Portland, Maine
- 19th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 19th-century male artists