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16" x 24" signed lower left and dated '67 and with original stretcher and in custom fluted cove frame, approx. 21" x 29"
Biography from AskART:
Landscape painter Joseph Foxcroft Cole was born in Jay, Maine in 1837, but grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He went to France in 1860, alternating, for several years, study in winter at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and summer with the popular painter of Normandy landscapes, Emile Lambinet. Cole returned to Boston, but yet again in 1865 went back to Paris for further study, working with Charles Jacque. Cole had been influenced by painter William Morris Hunt in his decision to return to Paris.
Hunt, a great believer in the Barbizon School of French painters and the necessity of studying their work, techniques and philosophy, had helped Cole financially in Boston, buying paintings and spreading the word to others who also bought from the young artist. Cole did meet in Paris, with the help of Jacque, such famous Barbizon artists as Corot, Daubigny, Diaz and Troyon.
Cole often painted peaceful, pastoral works of sheep and cows grazing in fields, exhibiting frequently in America, as well as abroad in the Paris Salon and London's Royal Academy. His late work reflected the influence of Impressionism.
Cole moved to a house built on Mystic Lake in Winchester, Massachusetts in 1877, where he passed the rest of his life. He painted atmospheric fields and lake scenes in Providence, Rhode Island and around his home, as well as other locations in New England. He did occasionally travel to the West Coast and Europe.
An interesting event in his youth, was Cole's association with Winslow Homer when both happened to work as apprentices in a printing studio.
Cole's work may be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Walker Art Museum, Bowdoin, Maine. The artist died in 1892.
Source:
Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
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