Oil painting on canvas in the manner/style of Fern Isabel Coppedge. Our definition of “In the manner/style of”: The auction house believes that the work is done in the manner or style of the named artist and possibly after their lifetime, but the actual authorship is unknown. Dimensions: 61 x 61 cm. Artist information: Fern Isabel Coppedge (July 28, 1883 – April 21, 1951) was an Ameri-can impressionist painter. Born in the small town of Cerro Gordo near Decatur, Illinois, to John L. Kuns and Maria Dilling Kuns, Fern Coppedge spent much of her life in Penn-sylvania where she was associated with the New Hope School of American Impression-ism, the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and what became known as the Pennsylvania Impressionism movement. Fern attended the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League of New York, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. During her artistic career she received sev-eral awards including the Shillard Medal in Philadelphia, a Gold Medal from the Expo-sition of Women’s Achievements, another Gold Medal from the Plastics Club of Phila-delphia, and the Kansas City H.O. Dean Prize for Landscape. She was a member of sev-eral prominent art organizations including the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Art Stu-dents League of New York, and the Philadelphia Ten. Coppedge became well known for her work as a landscape impressionist, painting snow scenes of the villages and farms of Bucks County. The Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, dis-played 50 of the artist's paintings in a retrospective exhibition in 1990 titled "Fern Coppedge: A Forgotten Woman" and published a 48-page catalog. In 2020-21, the mu-seum held another solo exhibition of her work, featuring new acquisitions and cele-brating the digitization of her scrapbooks. Coppedge died in New Hope, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 1951, at the age of 67. Her husband, Robert W. Coppedge, a science teacher and botanist, was born in Missouri in 1878 and died in New Hope, Pennsylva-nia in 1948. The Coppedges were married in 1904 (not 1910) and remained husband and wife for 44 years. Provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania. Lots that do not carry established documented provenance, nor any past auction record are described in this catalog as "in the manner/style of". Pieces are being sold "As Is". No additional information regarding provenance will be provided after the auction. It is fully bidders' responsibility to check, read the description well and review the photos of this item or lot before bidding. Customers must agree to purchase our item acknowledging the descriptions presented. Shipping: Buyer pays shipping costs. We combine your shipping, if you buy more than one item. All shipments will be shipped by DHL EXPRESS, fast, easy and safe to track after we ship your item. Any questions, you can contact us 24/7.

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