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Charles Krutch (Tennessee, 1849-1934) watercolor East Tennessee landscape that depicts an atmospheric Smoky Mountain vista beneath a cloudy sky. Fog gathers in the valley at right and a break in the trees reveals a patch of bare earth at left. Signed “Krutch” lower left in red. Housed under acrylic in a likely original giltwood frame. Sight: 9 1/8 in. H x 17 7/16 in. W. Framed: 13 1/4 in. H x 21 9/16 in. W. Biographical Note: “Charles Christian Krutch is regarded as one of East Tennessee’s first painters to specialize in scenes of the Smoky Mountains. He earned the nickname ‘Corot of the South’ for his soft, atmospheric watercolor and oil landscape paintings of the mountain range. Totally untrained as an artist, he often applied thick layers of oil paint with brushes as well as his fingers. Krutch’s goal was to capture the changing “moods” of the mountains and regarded his subjects as ‘just like people.’ He won a regional award for best watercolor at the 1913 National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville. However, it was not until 1933, a year before his death, that the 84 year-old artist received recognition outside Knoxville for his idyllic mountain landscape murals commissioned by the federal government as part of the Public Works Art Project.” (Source: Knoxville Museum of Art)
PROVENANCE: Private Southern Collection.
CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Not examined out of frame. Frame with minor abrasions, primarily to corners.
