Hiver en Forêt de Fontainebleau (Winter in the Forest of Fontainebleau)
1872-1938
Oil on canvas
18 in x 24 in
Undated
Label:
Before the advent of World War I, George Aid spent many years in France, studying at the Académie Julian and enjoying the forest of Fontainebleau. The area had been discovered in the 1830s by French landscape painters who enjoyed its rustic scenery and inexpensive lifestyle. The evolution of the Barbizon School coincided with America’s Hudson River School.
Like his French counterparts, Aid painted simple compositions using earth tones. After his return to the United States in 1914, he eventually settled in Tryon, North Carolina, where he painted portraits, taught classes in composition, and became proficient at etching.
As Published In:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, 2015
As Exhibited In:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, November 1, 2015–January 3, 2016, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, January 16–April 10, 2016, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, January 16–April 10, 2016, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC, May 19–August 5, 2017, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, October 13, 2017–March 25, 2018, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, August 28–December 13, 2018