Johan Mengels Culverhouse (1820-1895) Dutch/American, "The Village School" Oil on Canvas. Depicts a quaint scene of children sharing the work with the schoolmaster, with a vibrant pink dress the focal point of the shadow-heavy image. Signed bottom right and dated 1876. Ornate period giltwood frame. 

Overall Size: 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. 

Sight Size: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. 

Frame Thickness: 3 1/2 in. 

Johann Mengels Culverhouse was a genre painter known for atmospheric candlelit and nocturnal scenes influenced by 17th Century Dutch masters. Born in Rotterdam in 1820, he worked in both the Netherlands and the United States, exhibiting at major institutions including the Paris Salons, the National Academy of Design, the Boston Athenaeum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and passed away at his home in Philadelphia in 1895. His paintings are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and The High Museum of Art. 

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