Art Oyster Edmund Darch Lewis Untitled (also known as Cuban Landscape) - 18.1" x 27.1" 100% Hand Painted Oil Painting Reproduction
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Edmund Darch Lewis was an American landscape painter and collector.
Background
Edmund Darch Lewis, the son of David and Camilla (Phillips) Lewis, was born on October 17, 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, where the family had been identified with the social and business life of the city since 1708, when Ellis Lewis, a native of Wales, came to America and settled in Kennett Township, Pennsylvania. David Lewis was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and an official of two Philadelphia insurance companies, but by temperament was a reader and a man of letters rather than a business man. From his mother's side of the family Edmund derived an artistic bent and a lifelong ardor for collecting. The Phillipses for generations had been collecting old china, furniture, curios, and prints; John Phillips, Edmund's uncle, left a collection of 40, 000 prints to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Education
Edmund Lewis had only a private school education. While still a youth he began the study of art under Paul Weber, with whom he remained for about five years.
Career
His success as a landscape painter was almost instantaneous; Lewis soon became the favorite painter of Philadelphia, and although his facility and industry were phenomenal, the demand for his work exceeded the supply. Many exaggerated accounts have been given of his facility in turning out pictures. At one time it was stated that he painted his landscapes by the yard and cut them into strips of the desired size and shape. It is, however, true that he often duplicated his stock subjects. The result of this commercialization of his art was that in his later years the vogue for his work diminished sensibly.
He had a keen business sense and invested his savings so well that at the time of his death his estate amounted to about $300, 000. Excepting a relatively small legacy from his father in 1895, this sum had been obtained entirely from the sale of his pictures. His ruling passion, however, was his collection, on which he expended large amounts. He was a born collector, and his talent as a painter simply enabled him to satisfy this hobby. His residence, 30 South Twenty-second St. , Philadelphia, consisted of two city houses thrown into one, with one room built especially for tapestries, and with a large ballroom constructed as an addition at the rear. This mansion became a veritable museum of period furniture, tapestries, old silver, porcelain and pottery, bric-a-brac and curios. Special rooms were devoted to exhibits of Empire furniture, Dresden china, Oriental art, and Colonial objects of household art. In the nineties many notable receptions and musicales were given by the owner, who was glad to share his enjoyment of his treasures with his friends.
Achievements
Lewis was known chiefly for his prolific style and marine oils and watercolors. His works were appreciated because of the luminosity of their objects. One of his monumental works was the painting "Mount Washington, New Hampshire". He also amassed a huge collection of fine and decorative arts that he diplayed in his townhouse.
