MOLLY PITCHER BATTLE OF MONMOUTH 1778 BY WAYMAN ADAMS Start Price USD 12,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, May 07, 2008 End Time Saturday, May 17, 2008 Location Cooperstown, New York See more about 'MOLLY PITCHER BATTLE OF MONMOUTH 1778 BY WAYMAN ADAMS ' Description We are pleased to offer for sale a highly important American narrative painting portraying Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778.  The painting  was executed by Wayman Adams in 1898.  (He was 15 years old)  Adams was an aspiring young artist at the time he created the painting.   A New York family who knew the young artist and recognized his talent sponsored him in art school.  Adams subsequently gifted them the painting as a token of his appreciation.  Adams ultimately achieved considerable success as a painter.  He ran an an art school in Elizabethtown, New York and was elected a full academician at the National Academy of Design. The painting measures 36 by 60 inches.  It has been lined and is in good restored  condition. Biography from Charleston Renaissance Gallery - AskArtWAYMAN ELBRIDGE ADAMS (1883 - 1959)Wayman Adams was born in humble surroundings on a farm near Muncie, Indiana. His Quaker father was a livestock breeder and amateur artist whose own interest in painting and drawing encouraged his son’s early interest in art. It has been recorded that Adams first portrait commission was a picture of a heifer, "Gypsy Girl III", for which he received five dollars (Steinfeldt, p. 3).In 1904 Adams enrolled at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, where he spent four years under the tutelage of William Forsythe. In 1910 he accompanied William Merritt Chase and others on a study trip to Italy; in 1912 he made a similar trip to Spain with Robert Henri. There he met Margaret Borroughs of Austin, Texas, a talented fellow artist and former art teacher, whom he married in 1918. They had one child, Wayman Adams, Jr., better known as “Snig,” born in 1924.An enthusiastic advocate of "alla-prima" painting, Adams painted in the style of Chase and Henri, often completing a portrait in a sitting of three or four hours. As versatile as he was prolific---he is often referred to as “brilliant”---he painted the most admired personalities of his time: U.S. presidents, university regents, authors and artists, society ladies, actors and actresses, military heroes, sports celebrities, musicians, royalty, and governors. He was a member of all of the important art organizations, won numerous awards and prizes, and is represented in major public and private collections. At one point in his career, Adams maintained three studios: in Indianapolis, New York City and Philadelphia (Bragg, p. 12). During the winter months he traveled to picturesque and exotic locations. In 1916 he made his first visit to New Orleans; thereafter he spent several winters in the French Quarter, painting portraits and making drawings for a series of lithographs (Pennington, p. 121). Nancy Rivard Shaw 2001© Robert M. Hicklin Jr., Inc.References:Bragg, Jean. "Knute Heldner and the Art Colony in Old New Orleans". Exhibition Catalogue: New Orleans, Louisiana: Jean Bragg Gallery, 2000.Falk, Peter Hastings. "Who Was Who in American Art", 1564-1975, Vol. I. New York: Sound View Press, 1999. Pennington, Estill Curtis. "Downriver: Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950". Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1991.Steinfeldt, Cecilia. "Art for History’s Sake: The Texas Collection of the Witte Museum". San Antonio: The Texas State Historical Association for the Witte Museum, 1993.Watson, E. W. “Wayman Adams Paints a Portrait.” Art Instruction 3, No. 6 (June 1939). ground delivery possible up to 200 miles.  The charge is $1.00 per mile.  Otherwise buyer pick up. Place a Bid!