Very nice oil on canvas painting of a mountain and waterfall scene depicting a log cabin setting surrounded by mountains. Circa 1889, Signed on lower right corner J H MacLay. All original with gold frame . Size: 14 inches. X 22 inches.
New England Landscape.
Signed Catherine Bogardus .
Catherine Bogardus (1912-2008)
A landscape painter, she also painted flowers, especially arrangements designed by her mother. She was known for her use of color and her ability to capture light in her paintings. Having grown up in Stamford, Connecticut, Bogardus studied with Frank Vincent Dumond. She spent 50 years teaching painting in New York and the Stamford, Connecticut area. In the 1970s, she moved to the New London, New Hampshire area, which is subject to many of her landscape paintings.
Catherine Bogardus died in New London in June of 2008 at the age of 96.
