A rapid painter who clutched his brush in his fist, Farndon captured spontaneous, fresh, impressions on canvas. Layers of thick impasto create a sense of movement and life, an instant of light and color. Seeking inspiration, Farndon began traveling, visiting shores along Eastport, Boothbay Harbor, and Monhegan Island, Maine; Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts; Long Island, New York; and Nova Scotia. Critics quickly recognized and lauded his fresh, spirited impressions, “Walter Farndon has long been a favorite. You stand aghast and say ‘How can impasto exhibit such exact draughtsmanship!’”

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Provenance:

Estate of the artist

By descent through the artist’s family to private collection, Louisville, Colorado

With Vose Galleries, Boston, inventory no. 34346, June 2005

To collection of Mr. and Mrs. G. Arnold Haynes, Wellesley, Massachusetts, May 2006

Eventually to Haynes Family Foundation, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Inscription:

1). (verso in black): #77 “MIDNIGHT SNOW” / FOR JON ROLAND / 1985

2). (on stretcher in pencil, covered by label) FARN – 

Labels:

1). Previous Vose Galleries label, inventory no. 34346

2). (handwritten label) In Nova Scotia / Price $300.°° / Walter Farndon

Exhibitions:

1). Walter Farndon, N.A. (1876-1964), Exhibition V, Vose Galleries, Boston, through May 12, 2006

2). Building Connections: Works from the Haynes Family Foundation, Vose Galleries, Boston, June 2 – July 24, 2018