Large Charles Krutch (TN, 1849-1934) panoramic oil on board of Mt. LeConte, signed KRUTCH in red, lower left corner and housed in an original textured gilt frame. Written in script en verso MRS BORDEN NY. Sight: 20 1/2" H x 35 1/2" W, Frame: 28" H x 43 1/4" W. Biography (Courtesy the Knoxville Museum of Art): Charles Krutch is regarded as one of East Tennessee's first painters to specialize in scenes of the Smoky Mountains. He earned the nickname "Corot of the South" for his soft, atmospheric watercolor and oil paintings of the mountain range that served as his sole focus. Totally untrained as an artist, he often applied thick layers of oil paint with brushes as well as his fingers, in an effort to capture the changing moods of the mountains. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

Overall surface grime. Three areas of craquelure: far left center (2" x 2 1/2"), lower center (1/2" x 2 1/2"), far right center (2 3/4" x 4 1/2"). Frame partially separated lower left.