George Herdle (American, 1868-1922) Farm Scene

Oil on canvas. Signed 'G. Herdle' (lower right).

28 x 36 in. Framed 35 x 43 in.

Provenance
Exhibited at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Berry Hill Gallery.
Private Collection, Buffalo, NY.

George Herdle (American, 1868-1922)
George Herdle was born in Rochester and studied in Holland and Paris. Before 1913 he worked as a freelance artist and taught at the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now Rochester Institute of Technology). He exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia; the National Academy of Design, New York; and the New York Watercolor Society. He was President of the Rochester Art Club from 1902 until 1920.
George Herdle was named Acting Director of the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) in September 1913, and confirmed as Art Director by April 1914. Avidly interested in contemporary art, Herdle was friends with many prominent artists of his day and arranged a remarkable series of exhibitions during his tenure, beginning with the Gallery’s Inaugural exhibition, which “followed by a few months the legendary Armory Show in New York City, which introduced European modernism to the United States.

No in-paint or restoration. Some loss to frame.