Charles Courtney Curran: Children by the Seashore, 1896

Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942) was a highly regarded and successful American painter. He showed an early interest and aptitiude for art and studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Cincinnati, and later at the National Academy of Design in New York.

Curran was enormously popular among his contemporaries and his works were heralded by critics for their beauty, delicacy and sophisticated style. Curran sought solace in nostalgic landscapes that represented the simplicity of the past. He is best known for his portraits, genre scenes, and idealized views of nature. He typically depicted tranquil, noble images of women and children set outdoors amid lush gardens and expansive pastures and hillsides, rendered with soft features and a trademark innocence and charm.

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HC-1455: card size 7" x 5" (178mm x 127mm)