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Little Ranch, Colorado by Ernest Lawson
Ernest Lawson
1873-1939 | Canadian-American
Little Ranch, Colorado
Signed "E. Lawson" (lower right)
Signed, titled and inscribed "119 East 19th St / N.Y. City" (en verso)
Oil on canvas board
This richly atmospheric landscape by Ernest Lawson captures a quiet ranching scene at the base of a Colorado mountain. Painted circa 1925â1930, the composition reflects Lawsonâs mature Impressionist vision, where the scene dissolves into layered color and texture. Rustic buildings and grazing livestock anchor the foreground, while the sweeping hillside rises behind them in a tapestry of deep greens, blues and violets beneath a softly clouded sky.
Lawson builds the surface with his characteristic impasto, applying paint in thick, expressive strokes that emphasize the physicality of the landscape. Light and color become the true subjects of the work, as the rolling terrain and clustered ranch structures emerge from a dense, vibrating surface. The result balances natural description with a heightened sense of mood and rhythm.
A key figure in early 20th-century American painting, Lawson was associated with The Eight and exhibited widely as part of the broader shift toward modern realism and Impressionism in the United States. Born in Nova Scotia in 1873, he later trained at the Art Students League in New York and in Paris at the Académie Julian, where exposure to Impressionist methods shaped his lifelong commitment to plein air landscape painting. His work occupies a distinctive position between Impressionism and realism, defined by its emphasis on structure, atmosphere and painterly surface rather than strict representation.
In the late 1920s, Lawson taught at the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs, where this work was almost certainly painted. The painting's setting matches the foothills of this region, perhaps depicting a small ranch near Cheyenne Mountain. Today Lawson is recognized as one of the leading American landscape painters of the early 20th century, and his works belong to major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and more.
Circa 1925â1930
Canvas: 11 3/4" high x 15" wide (29.9 x 38.1 cm)
Frame: 20" high x 24" wide x 2" deep (50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Colorado
Private collection, Minnesota
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1873-1939 | Canadian-American
Little Ranch, Colorado
Signed "E. Lawson" (lower right)
Signed, titled and inscribed "119 East 19th St / N.Y. City" (en verso)
Oil on canvas board
This richly atmospheric landscape by Ernest Lawson captures a quiet ranching scene at the base of a Colorado mountain. Painted circa 1925â1930, the composition reflects Lawsonâs mature Impressionist vision, where the scene dissolves into layered color and texture. Rustic buildings and grazing livestock anchor the foreground, while the sweeping hillside rises behind them in a tapestry of deep greens, blues and violets beneath a softly clouded sky.
Lawson builds the surface with his characteristic impasto, applying paint in thick, expressive strokes that emphasize the physicality of the landscape. Light and color become the true subjects of the work, as the rolling terrain and clustered ranch structures emerge from a dense, vibrating surface. The result balances natural description with a heightened sense of mood and rhythm.
A key figure in early 20th-century American painting, Lawson was associated with The Eight and exhibited widely as part of the broader shift toward modern realism and Impressionism in the United States. Born in Nova Scotia in 1873, he later trained at the Art Students League in New York and in Paris at the Académie Julian, where exposure to Impressionist methods shaped his lifelong commitment to plein air landscape painting. His work occupies a distinctive position between Impressionism and realism, defined by its emphasis on structure, atmosphere and painterly surface rather than strict representation.
In the late 1920s, Lawson taught at the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs, where this work was almost certainly painted. The painting's setting matches the foothills of this region, perhaps depicting a small ranch near Cheyenne Mountain. Today Lawson is recognized as one of the leading American landscape painters of the early 20th century, and his works belong to major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and more.
Circa 1925â1930
Canvas: 11 3/4" high x 15" wide (29.9 x 38.1 cm)
Frame: 20" high x 24" wide x 2" deep (50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Colorado
Private collection, Minnesota
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
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Ernest Lawson
1873-1939 | Canadian-American
Little Ranch, Colorado
Signed "E. Lawson" (lower right)
Signed, titled and inscribed "119 East 19th St / N.Y. City" (en verso)
Oil on canvas board
This richly atmospheric landscape by Ernest Lawson captures a quiet ranching scene at the base of a Colorado mountain. Painted circa 1925â1930, the composition reflects Lawsonâs mature Impressionist vision, where the scene dissolves into layered color and texture. Rustic buildings and grazing livestock anchor the foreground, while the sweeping hillside rises behind them in a tapestry of deep greens, blues and violets beneath a softly clouded sky.
Lawson builds the surface with his characteristic impasto, applying paint in thick, expressive strokes that emphasize the physicality of the landscape. Light and color become the true subjects of the work, as the rolling terrain and clustered ranch structures emerge from a dense, vibrating surface. The result balances natural description with a heightened sense of mood and rhythm.
A key figure in early 20th-century American painting, Lawson was associated with The Eight and exhibited widely as part of the broader shift toward modern realism and Impressionism in the United States. Born in Nova Scotia in 1873, he later trained at the Art Students League in New York and in Paris at the Académie Julian, where exposure to Impressionist methods shaped his lifelong commitment to plein air landscape painting. His work occupies a distinctive position between Impressionism and realism, defined by its emphasis on structure, atmosphere and painterly surface rather than strict representation.
In the late 1920s, Lawson taught at the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs, where this work was almost certainly painted. The painting's setting matches the foothills of this region, perhaps depicting a small ranch near Cheyenne Mountain. Today Lawson is recognized as one of the leading American landscape painters of the early 20th century, and his works belong to major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and more.
Circa 1925â1930
Canvas: 11 3/4" high x 15" wide (29.9 x 38.1 cm)
Frame: 20" high x 24" wide x 2" deep (50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Colorado
Private collection, Minnesota
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
1873-1939 | Canadian-American
Little Ranch, Colorado
Signed "E. Lawson" (lower right)
Signed, titled and inscribed "119 East 19th St / N.Y. City" (en verso)
Oil on canvas board
This richly atmospheric landscape by Ernest Lawson captures a quiet ranching scene at the base of a Colorado mountain. Painted circa 1925â1930, the composition reflects Lawsonâs mature Impressionist vision, where the scene dissolves into layered color and texture. Rustic buildings and grazing livestock anchor the foreground, while the sweeping hillside rises behind them in a tapestry of deep greens, blues and violets beneath a softly clouded sky.
Lawson builds the surface with his characteristic impasto, applying paint in thick, expressive strokes that emphasize the physicality of the landscape. Light and color become the true subjects of the work, as the rolling terrain and clustered ranch structures emerge from a dense, vibrating surface. The result balances natural description with a heightened sense of mood and rhythm.
A key figure in early 20th-century American painting, Lawson was associated with The Eight and exhibited widely as part of the broader shift toward modern realism and Impressionism in the United States. Born in Nova Scotia in 1873, he later trained at the Art Students League in New York and in Paris at the Académie Julian, where exposure to Impressionist methods shaped his lifelong commitment to plein air landscape painting. His work occupies a distinctive position between Impressionism and realism, defined by its emphasis on structure, atmosphere and painterly surface rather than strict representation.
In the late 1920s, Lawson taught at the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs, where this work was almost certainly painted. The painting's setting matches the foothills of this region, perhaps depicting a small ranch near Cheyenne Mountain. Today Lawson is recognized as one of the leading American landscape painters of the early 20th century, and his works belong to major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and more.
Circa 1925â1930
Canvas: 11 3/4" high x 15" wide (29.9 x 38.1 cm)
Frame: 20" high x 24" wide x 2" deep (50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Colorado
Private collection, Minnesota
M.S. Rau, New Orleans
