Bidspirit auction | American Charles Krutch Landscape Painting

American Charles Krutch Landscape Painting - Watercolor on paper landscape painting by listed American artist Charles Krutch (1849-1934). SIZE: 38” x 29” framed, 25” x 15 3/4” unframed. Charles Christopher Krutch was active/lived in Tennessee, South Carolina. For many years Krutch was organist at St. John's Episcopal Church and Church of the Epiphany in Knoxville. His main avocation, however, was painting. He was entirely self-taught. The mountains were his only subjects. In the summer he took a train to Sevierville, and then by wagon went deep into the Smokies, where he spent weeks at a time living with a local family and doing sketches. His favorite areas were Le Conte, the Sugarland Valley and Chimney Tops. Krutch converted his sketches into paintings in Knoxville. Early in his career he worked in watercolors. Then the artist tried oils, which sometimes he applied with his fingers, as his canvases attest. His oils were murky and not as accomplished as his watercolors, to which he returned later in life. He sold his pictures through Gagg Picture Framery in Knoxville. He attracted notice for his paintings at the Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville in 1910. Later, some fellow artists called him the ”Corot of the South”. At the age of 84 he was the first artist to receive a U.S. government commission from the Public Works of Art (PWA) Project. He produced at least two canvasses for a federally-sponsored traveling exhibition. Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at info@sofedesignauctions.com. ***All lots are sold as-is and where is. No statement regarding age, condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. All sales are final, and SOFE AUCTIONS does not give refunds. SOFE AUCTIONS ARE PLEASED TO OFFER IN-HOUSE PACKAGING AND SHIPPING SERVICES. PACKAGING SERVICE ONLY: start at $25 and up depending on item/s. Available IN-HOUSE shipping is within the USA of small, medium, semi-large, NON-FRAGILE items. SOFE WON\'T ship items in glass frames. After paying for your item/s please call us at 469-268-1177, or email us at info@sofedesignauctions.com to request a quote. All item/s will be shipped via UPS or FedEx, FULLY insured, unless insurance declined in writing by the buyer. SOFE AUCTIONS does not use USPS. We do have a list of suggested third-party shippers. Please visit our webpage for a list of recommended shippers.