Gifford Beal (1879 - 1956)
Gifford Beal (1879-1956)
Montauk Point Light
Size: 12″ x 16″ (30 x 40cm) Oil on board, estate stamped on reverse
Provenance – Private Collection, Long Island, New York
Price on application
Gifford Beal (1879-1956) wanted to be an artist from a young age. He studied with William Merritt Chase for ten years in New York City and at Chase’s school in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. His early work was characterised by sparkling colour and light carried by quick impressionist strokes. He exhibited widely and became an important figure in American Art during the 1920s and 1930s. Today his paintings are in many museums and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. The Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, held a recent exhibition of his work, click here for details .
The Montauk Point Light is a lighthouse located adjacent to Montauk Point State Park at the easternmost point of Long Island in Montauk, New York. The lighthouse was the first to be built within the state of New York, and was the first public works project of the new United States.