OTIS Bass Portrait Oil Painting American Well Listed Start Price USD 5,500.00 Current Price USD 5,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 22, 2008 End Time Friday, August 01, 2008 Location 19083 See more about 'OTIS Bass Portrait Oil Painting American Well Listed' Description       Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image    Welcome   to   MASTERPIECES   Art   Gallery    WE OFFER A LARGE VARIETY OF EXQUISITE, HIGH QUALITY AND ONLY ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LISTED ARTISTS. IN MASTERPIECES ART  GALLERY YOU WILL ADMIRE FAMOUS ARTIST'S AMAZING ART WORKS. WE CARRY A WIDE RANGE OF 18th, 19th & 20th CENTURY HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE ART WORKS.     DEAR COLLECTORS AND ART DEALERS, MASTERPIECES ART GALLERY PRESENTS! Click to see supersized image  Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image Click to see supersized image            ARTIST:  THE PAINTING IS  SIGNED BY AMERICAN  IMPORTANT ARTIST OTIS, Bass (1784-1861) Birth place: Bridgewater, MA Death place: Philadelphia, PA Addresses: Primarily in Philadelphia, PA Profession: Portrait painter, lithographer, inventor Studied: apprenticed to a scythe-maker in Bridgewater, MA, before 1805, after which he may have learned painting from a coach painter; John Wesley Jarvis in NYC, 1808; possibly with Gilbert Stuart in Boston; influenced by Thomas Sully, with whom he may have studied in Phila., 1812. Exhibited: PAFA, 1812-59; NAD; 1826; Brooklyn AA, 1872; PAFA Ann., 1905 Member: Columbian Society of Artists, Phila. Work: American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA; NY Hist. Soc.; PAFA; BMFA; Virginia Hist. Soc. Comments: In 1808, he became a professional portrait painter, working in the studio of John Wesley Jarvis in NYC. Otis was a prolific artist and is known to have painted over 200 portraits in one year. In 1812, he moved to Philadelphia, and in 1819 he produced "House and Trees at Waterside," which is generally considered to be the first lithograph executed in America (appeared in Analectic Magazine July, 1819). He lived in Philadelphia until 1845, although he did travel extensively to fulfill commissions, and spent 1839 in Wilmington, DE, and some time in Baltimore. Moved to NYC in 1845, and a year or two later to Boston. He returned to Phila. in 1858. He was also the inventor of the perspective protractor. Sources: G&W; DAB; Rutledge, PA; Phila. CD 1813-45, 1858-61; Swan, BA; Boston BD 1847-57; Cowdrey, NAD; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Peters, America on Stone. See also NYHS Catalogue, 1974; Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 1, 304; 300 Years of American Painting vol. 1, 97; Reps, 25 -26 (with repro. of first lithograph); Wright, Artists in Virgina Before 1900;Pierce and Slautterback, 2-3 (say he studied with G. Stuart); Falk, Exh. Record Series. A prolific portrait painter, he was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, the son of a blacksmith. Although basically self taught, he was a student of John Wesley Jarvis, Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Sully. He was also apprenticed to a scythe maker, something that was common at that time among aspiring painters who developed skills in crafts to earn a living.   In the early 1800s, he worked in the studio of painter John Wesley Jarvis whose influence can be seen in many of Otis' works. SIZE: PAINTING SIZE:  30.5"x 25" FRAMED SIZE:    40"x 32" MEDIUM: EARLY 19th CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS FRAME:    GORGEOUS ORIGINAL  FRAME CONDITION: THE PAINTING AND THE FRAME ARE  IN VERY GOOD CONDITION THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK BIDDING MASTERPIECES  ART GALLERY IS PROUD TO DISPLAY HIS WORKS HERE IN OUR GALLERY. WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL PAINTING AT YOUR HOME! We accept Certified Checks, Bank Wires and Money Orders; Personal Checks and Credit Card checks please allow up to 10 business days to clear. We accept PayPal for auctions under 2000 dollars from verified PayPal members and ship to verified PayPal addresses only. For auctions over 2000 please call or email us. We Ship Worldwide.  THE ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED WITHIN ONE WORKING DAY AFTER WE RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. FULL TRACKING AVAILABLE. WE WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH DETAILS.   Due to the high end items we sell, we require insurance on all items purchased. 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