Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878-1956)
Untitled (Appalachian Scene), c. 1914-15
Oil on canvas, 21 H. x 14 W. inches
Signed lower right: B. Lazzell
Blanche Lazzell (American, 1878-1956)
A Still Life with a Bowl, a Yellow Squash, and a Red Pepper, 1915
Oil on canvas laid on board
17 H. x 20 ¾ W. inches
Signed and dated lower right: B. Lazzell–1915
Provenance:
Christie’s East, May 4, 1993, Lot 304
Private Collection, Ohio
Lincoln Glenn Gallery, New York, 2023
Private Collection, New York
Exhibition History:
Dennis, Massachusetts, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, A Century of Impressionism on Cape Cod, July 11 – September 19, 1999, no. 22, p. 26, illustrated (as Still Life with Fish Pan); this exhibition traveled to:
Boston, St. Botolph Club, November 1999.
Weston, Massachusetts, Regis College, Women of Vision: A Century of Traditional Painting on Cape Cod, April 5 – June 2, 2002; this exhibition traveled to Dennis, Massachusetts, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, June 8 – July 14, 2002.
Harvard, Massachusetts, Fruitlands Museum, New England Impressionists Rediscovered, April 15 – November 15, 2011.
Blanche Lazzell was born and raised in West Virginia. Upon graduating with a fine arts degree from West Virginia University, she followed her career to the Art Students league in New York. There, she studied with Kenyon Cox and William Merritt Chase maintaining her traditional style but exploring new forms of painting. In 1912, she traveled to Europe to study in Paris and Germany, but was greatly influenced by her time at the Moderne and with Charles Guerin who recognized her distinctive style and how it translated to landscape painting. In 1914, she returned for a year to Morgantown, West Virginia, where this work was executed. After this point, finding balance in her career, Lazzell spent much of her time and production between Cape Cod and Provincetown.