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Ralph Albert Blakelock

Ralph Albert Blakelock

1847–1919
WA-00003307
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
14
Works in Collection
48
Assets Indexed
16
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (7 fields)

5 cross-verified · 2 single-source
  • DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
  • BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
  • LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%

Source Registry (1)

  • Anton-Kern
    Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%
About

Why this artist matters now

Ralph Albert Blakelock worked in oil on canvas, producing richly darkened landscape paintings associated with the American Tonalist movement. His compositions favor nocturnal or twilight scenes, dense with shadowed foliage and luminous moonlit skies rendered in deep, resonant tones. Working in New York in the latter half of the nineteenth century, he developed a personal approach to romantic landscape that set him apart from the more documentary traditions of the Hudson River School. His canvases are characterized by a brooding atmospheric quality achieved through layered glazes and muted, earthy palettes.

Source: Anton Kern · Trust score: 60% · Updated 2mo ago

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Artworks (14)

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Artwork sources (4)

14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image
  • Smithsonian
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  • The Met
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  • Nga
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  • Art Institute Chicago
    2 published2 img
Record

Images

33 assets
Digger Indians, Elk Creek MET 227058
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Digger Indians, Elk Creek MET ap1981.212
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Digger Indians, Elk Creek MET APS0952
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The Boston blue book containing Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chestnut Hill and Milton (1921) (14578500520)
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Signature of American painter Ralph Albert Blakelock, c. 1883 1889
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Blakelock, Ralph Albert Chestnut Tree, Catskills
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Ralph Albert Blakelock
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Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847 1919) obituary in the New York Times on 11 August 1919
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Relationships

4
Collections4
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumArt Institute of ChicagoNational Gallery of Art
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Representation & Collections

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
Background

Education

City College of New York
Visual Arts
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