Oil Painting Edward Loyal Field 1856-1914 Salmagundi Club October Tonalist
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for offer An original oil on board by Edward Loyal Field ,American 1856-1914. Entitled OCTOBER. Exhibited at the THUMB BOX Exhibition of the Salmagundi Club in New York. Work measures 8" x 10" on board with sticker from club on reverse. Signed at lower left. In original frame as found,old backing removed to inspect piece Etcher,watercolorist, and painter in oils, Edward Loyal Field was an artist of considerable versatility. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois in 1856 and, as a young man, went to Paris, where he studied in the popular atelier of Carolus-Duran. He returned to the U.S. in 1882, taking up residence in Manhatten, where he remained throughout his life. Field exhibited extensively in cities throughout America and was a member of both the Salmagundi Club and the Boston Art Club. Though apparently successful in his lifetime, little is known about the artist today. Of particular interest is his association in the ’90’s with the Pakatakan art colony near Arkville, New York, in the heart of the Catskills. The presence of Field, John Francis Murphy, Ada Clifford Murphy, and Alexander Wyant make the Pakatakan colony significant in the history of American Tonalism. Field died in New York City only months before the outbreak of World War I. The modern neglect of Field and his work is unfortunate in that he was, in the opinion of
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