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Donoho, Gaines Ruger; Oil on Canvas, signed 1880, Forest Landscape.


Donoho, Gaines Ruger; Oil on Canvas, signed 1880, Forest Landscape., paintings, oil on canvas
image courtesy of Neal Auction Company.

Item A024221


Category:  paintings
Type:  oil on canvas
Origin:  France
Year:  1880

An oil on canvas, "Bords de Foret", signed and dated lower left "Gaines R. Donoho, Paris, 1880", (American, 1857 to 1916).

"Bords de Foret" was oneof Donoho's first major compositions. Very well received, it was one of three Donoho paintings to receive a Certificate of Award at the Cotton Exposition. That painting, missing for many years, is likely this recently discovered work.

PROVENANCE:  available on full record.

Reference Note:

Gaines Ruger Donoho (1857-1916)

The son of a prosperous plantation owner, Gaines Ruger Donoho was born in Church Hill, Mississippi in December, 1857. The onset of the Civil War, coupled with the death of his father in the early 1860's, severely disrupted Donoho's childhood. His mother Julia was of Northern descent, and her relatives arranged for their move at the end of the war. Eventually, they settled in Washington, D.C., where Donoho engaged in his studies. By 1878 he "had begun ...[more information available via subscription]

CONDITION:  available on full record.

DIMENSIONS:  available on full record.

PRE-SALE ESTIMATE:  available on full record.

PRICE REALIZED AT AUCTION:  available on full record.

 

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