Description:
Painting of Connecticut River north of Greenfield, perhaps c. 1900, by Harold Broadfield Warren (1859-1934). Warren was born on October 10, 1859 (some biographies claim Oct. 16th), in Cheetwood House, Manchester, England. He came to the US in 1876, and later married Boston resident Gertrude Reed on June 21, 1889. The couple had one child, a son, named Langford Warren. H.B. Warren died on November 23, 1934. Professional Career: Warren came to the US in 1876 (17 years old), presumably to further his career as an artist, or to directly enroll at Harvard University? He studied under Charles Hebert Moore (1840-1930) and Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) at Harvard. Landscape painter, illustrator and craftsman. Became a member of the Copley Society in 1891; the Boston Society of Architects (Association) at least in 1891 and 1893, listed as associate member in exhibition catalogues, along with Norton, who was listed as honorary member), Boston Museum of Fine Arts; American Federation of Artists; Boston Society of Arts and Crafts. Warren also taught watercolor from 1912 to 1930 at Harvard’s School of Architecture. In 1884 he exhibited “In St. Mark’s, Venice” at the National Academy of Design. Oeuvre: Harvard University museums own six works by Warren (four are landscape or architectural details, and two are drawings of Charles Eliot Norton, one of his teachers at Harvard). Additionally, the Fogg Art Museum may have a portrait Warren did of Sir Richard Saltonstall? Local connection:One of W arren’s Harvard professors, Charles Eliot Norton, was a central developer of the Ashfield Dinners, which ran from 1879-1903. These were dinners started by Norton (who lived at The Locusts) and another summer resident, George William Curtis (writer, teacher, educator) and their involvement with the reopening of Ashfield’s Sanderson Academy in 1879. Warren's other professor, Charles Hebert Moore, may have also participated in the summer dinners. There is no direct information linking Warren to these dinners as of yet. Born in Manchester, England, Warren came to the United States in 1876 and lived in Brookline, MA. After completing his studies at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, he became a student of Charles Herbert Moore (1840-1930) and Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) at Harvard University. In 1912 Warren became a Harvard Instructor in Freehand Drawing until his retirement in 1930. Prof. Norton had a summer house in Ashfield, MA, perhaps that was why Warren ventured out to the Valley. Dinners: $1 per person; as much as 300 people attended in its heyday. Speeches, each table set by a different Ashfield family. Special guests, noted men attended and spoke. Controversy with Mexican War, Norton became critical and controversial. The painting survives in what was probably its original frame, retouched with gilding several years ago by the previous owner.
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