"The Doubtful Bill" Charles Blauvelt, 19th Century Genre Painting Money Interior

Charles BlauveltThe Doubtful Bill, 1868Signed and dated lower leftOil on canvas12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches Provenance:Private Collection, Connecticut Portrait and genre painter Charles F. Blauvelt was born in New York City in 1824. He studied with Charles Loring Elliot. Known for his immigrant subject matter, Blauvelt sympathetically depicted their uncertain, transitory situation, either waiting for transportation following their arrival, or asking for directions. He was active in New York City in 1847-1862 and, again in 1867-1869; in Philadelphia from 1862-1867; and Yonkers, near New York City, from 1869 to around 1878, when he became a member of the Art Department faculty of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Blauvelt exhibited often at the National Academy of Design, New York City, where he was elected an Associate in 1856, and an Academician in 1859. He was also a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in Philadelphia. His work is in the collection of the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Charles Blauvelt died in 1900 in Greenwich, Connecticut.