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Painting
View of the Pitkin House and East Avenue
Charles Willson, (1826 - 1901, Fordham, NY)
Willson, Charles
United States
1826 - 1901
Male
20 3/8 x 30 1/4 in. (51.8 x 76.8 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1859
1859
1859
American art, by Rochester artists, cityscapes, houses, paintings, views of Rochester & western New York
Painting
The 1839 Pitkin House, just a few blocks away from MAG at 474 East Avenue, was one of the first mansions built in the area. The rutted dirt of the street contrasts with the elegant brick edifice of the house, but wooden braces along the road supporting newly-planted trees reveal that East Avenue was being gentrified. William Pitkin, who selected the lot and had the house built, was at first a druggist, but went on to become a banker, an alderman, a University of Rochester trustee, and the mayor of Rochester in 1844-45. Later, another well-known Rochester entrepreneur, Daniel Powers, lived in the house. He opened the first public art gallery in the city in his grand Powers Building at the Four Corners.
This painting was made by Rochester artist Charles Willson during Powers’ tenure in the house. At a time when paintings of houses were used to demonstrate the wealth and good taste of the homeowners, Willson was clever enough to depict the house from an angle that shows the deep lot and additions at the back, something that would not have been seen if he’d painted the house from the front.
[Gallery label text, 2021]
lower leftleft side of frame, On left side of frame written "APG"
1973.13
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
73.13SL1
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