Description: Watercolor painting on paper mounted to card, by the artist, depicting the mountains and logging train in Montreat, North Carolina (Black Mountain / Asheville area). Painted by George Senyard (Am., 1836-1924), who was portraitist to and friends with President Abraham Lincoln. Unframed.Painting measures approx. 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Card measures approx. 8 7/8 x 6 inches. Signed and dated lower left “GS 1912”. Inscribed and signed verso “Little Point Lookout from (illeg) Lord Place, N.C. Showing the Logging Train by Geo. Senyard. Cleveland. Ohio.”. Very good original condition. It’s of southern railroadiana / railwayana interest.Provenance: Estate of Ethel “Phoebe” Maud(e) Hall Hagen (Am., 1897-1986) aka Mrs. Edward Gillette Hagen. Hagen was an artist, as was her mother’s sister, Hagen’s aunt Ethel Hope Larter (Am., 1876-1972). The estate included artwork by Hagen, Larter, and two watercolors including this one by Senyard. They all lived in Cleveland at one time. Since Senyard’s daughter, Mabel Senyard Jaeger, attended the Cleveland Institute of Art and so did Ethel Larter, that’s one way the families could’ve known each other. They may have went to the same church, too, because Ethel Larter also painted in Montreat (see my other eBay listings), which was a Christian getaway destination.On the Preservation Society Of Asheville web-site, you can find all the background on this locale (Lord Place) in the illustrated write-up by Dale Wayne Slusser: “Chester Lord of “Lord Place” and the Start of the “pretty little religious village” of Montreat”.The Mount Mitchell Railroad originated near Black Mountain in the Swannanoa Valley and over some 21 miles ascended more than 3,500 feet to Camp Alice, just below the summit of Mount Mitchell. The railroad had been established to transport spruce and other commercial timber. Work began on the railroad in 1911. According to one internet source, it wasn’t completed until 1914. In any case, this painting done in 1912 would be one of the earliest depictions of the railroad and logging train, I’d think.The peak or summit of Mt. Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi. See my other eBay listing for the one other painting I have by George Senyard. It depicts a woman with hiking stick standing atop a summit with great views of the mountain scenery.George Senyard was born in England. He came to the USA from London in 1855. After touring with Abe Lincoln and sketching the debates with Stephen L. Douglas, Senyard was a painter of oil portraits in Girard, Pennsylvania, which is Erie County and near Ohio (Cleveland is on Lake Erie).Around 1880, Senyard moved to the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. By 1900, he was in Cleveland Township. He passed in Olmstead Falls, near Cleveland. The Smithsonian documents oil portraits by Senyard of Col. Horatio Whitbeck and his wife as being in the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland.Senyard is a listed artist in the Who Was Who In American Art, Artnet, etc. He was very well known in his day (see pictures I posted that I found on the net) but for some reason his work is scarce to find in modern times. Since he was a portrait specialist, I can only assume that families aren’t parting with their Senyard portraits.This watercolor by Senyard, from 1912, and the other I have from 1907, were painted in the American Arts and Crafts Movement era. They’d look great if framed in period Mission Oak picture frames, or gold would be a fine choice, too.The Arts & Crafts period is of great interest in the Asheville, NC area as that’s home to the National Arts and Crafts Conference. Also, Ohio was a major Arts & Crafts center with all the potteries there such as Rookwood. CHECK MY FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! *** 20+ years of happy customers on eBay *** Please see my other eBay listings for more great items.Message me to arrange for combined shipping on multiple purchases.
Price: 1200 USD
Location: Pitman, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-12-12T17:50:52.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Artist: George Senyard
Signed By: George Senyard
Size: Small
Framing: Unframed
Region of Origin: North Carolina, USA
Personalize: No
Year of Production: 1912
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 8 7/8 in
Style: Americana, Miniature, Realism, Tonalism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Handmade: Yes
Culture: Asheville North Carolina
Item Width: 6 in
Time Period Produced: 1900-1924
Signed: Yes
Color: Multi-Color
Period: Art Nouveau (1880-1920)
Title: The Logging Train
Material: Cardboard, Paper
Subject: Community Life, Landscape, Railroad, Seasons, States & Counties, Trains, Tree, USA, Working Life
Type: Painting
Theme: Americana, Art, Cities & Towns, Cultures & Ethnicities, Famous Places, History, Nature, Patriotic, Railroadiana, Social History, Technology, Topographical, Travel & Transportation
Production Technique: Watercolor Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
