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Artist |
Cameron, James |
Title |
Belle Isle, from Lyon's View |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Date |
1859 |
Description |
James Cameron (Greenock, Scotland 1816-1882 Oakland, California) Belle Isle from Lyons View, 1859 Oil on canvas 30 x 42 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2013 purchase with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve, Clayton Family Foundation, KMA Collectors Circle, Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art, and Townes Osborn, June & Rob Heller, Alexandra Rosen & Donald Cooney, John Z. C. Thomas, Laura & Jason Bales, Mrs. M. Blair Corkran, Jayne & Myron Ely, Kitsy & Lou Hartley, and Sylvia & Jan Peters Scotland-born James Cameron was one of the first professional painters in East Tennessee. He settled in Chattanooga and earned a reputation for his portraits, and detailed panoramic landscapes. Many of Cameron's scenes depict nature being invaded by settlement. According to art historian and Cameron scholar Frederick Moffatt, the artist first painted this dramatic Knoxville overlook while visiting the city in August of 1856. He created at least three later paintings based on this same view, each with minor variations. This canvas is the largest of the four known versions. It was owned by Adolph Ochs (1858-1935), legendary American newspaper publisher and owner of The New York Times, who spent much of his youth in East Tennessee. |
Catalog Number |
2013.13.01 |
Search Terms |
Oil paintings Paintings Canvas Landscape paintings Landscapes (Representations) |
Credit line |
purchase with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve, Clayton Family Foundation, KMA Collectors Circle, Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art, Townes Osborn, June and Rob Heller, Alexandra Rosen and Donald Cooney, John Z. C. Thomas, Laura and Jason Bales, Mrs. M. Blair Corkran, Jayne and Myron Ely, Kitsy and Lou Hartley, and Sylvia and Jan Peters |