George Frederick Castleden (British/Louisiana, 1861-1945), "Hyacinths", 1936, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, titled en verso, 36 in. x 80 in., framed, overall 45 1/2 in. x 89 1/4 in. x 2 in. Provenance: Taylor Clark Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA; Paula Manship (1912-2006), Baton Rouge, LA; by descent to her niece Nadine Carter Russell (1943-2022), Baton Rouge, LA. Note: Born in Canterbury, England, George Frederick Castleden studied under Thomas Sidney Cooper and at the South Kensington School of Art. The artist’s first travels to Canada in 1888 sparked a love of North America, and around 1903, he left England to become an itinerant landscape painter in the United States and Canada. Castleden first visited New Orleans in 1911, returning between 1917 to 1920 to open a studio at 622 St. Peter Street. He also maintained a daily gallery in the courtyard of the Cabildo during the period that became known as the French Quarter Renaissance. Castleden was an active member of the Arts and Crafts Club and a charter member of the New Orleans Art League founded in 1927. Between 1934 and 1936, Castleden worked on a commission for Frank Evans, owner of the D.H. Holmes Department Store on Canal Street. He, along with fellow artist Mazie Howell, created a series of murals shaped to fit the transoms and niches of the store’s famous restaurant, largely focused in subject on the plantations, bayous and fishing camps of South Louisiana. Seven of those panels now reside in the collection of the Louisiana State Museum. In “Hyacinths” of 1936 offered here, Castleden depicts an atmospheric landscape in monumental proportion, the largest and most impressive canvas by the artist offered at auction to date.Ref.: Kheel, Claudia. “George Castleden.” 64 Parishes. Aug. 30, 2013. www.64parishes.org. Accessed July 17, 2023.

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