John Rummell (1861-1942)
A native of Western New York, John Rummell was born in Springville, NY and received early education in Buffalo. He attended Emerson College of Oratory in Boston, MA and also studied landscape, portrait and figurative painting with several nationally acclaimed artists. Regionally he served office with the Buffalo Society of Artists and exhibited regularly as well as throughout the country including with the Art Institute of Chicago and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
An active lecturer, writer and orator, Rummell opened a school of oratory in Buffalo, lectured at the Albright Art Gallery, and taught landscape painting locally. He was inspired by the master landscape painter George Inness, and likewise challenged himself to create compositions describing diverse times of day, light and shadow patterns and atmospheric conditions. In the forward of a 1938 BSA exhibition catalog, he extolled beauty in art, especially representational realism: “.. its effect should be uplifting and never degrading… should inspire a greater love for the truth and beauty and for clean and wholesome living. No other kind (of art) can express the vision that will keep a nation alive and alert and advancing.”
• All image dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
• All paintings are titled, signed & dated by the artist unless otherwise noted.
• slr= signed lower right; sll= signed lower left; and sv= signed verso.
Please contact the gallery concerning availability of works from past exhibits.
1. Hillside and Mountain
12 x 16, oil on board, sll, 1918
1700.00 (sold)
2. Lovers of the Water Courses
15-1/4 x 20, oil on canvas, slr, undated
1850.00 (sold)
3. A Rainy Day
6 x 8, oil on canvas, slr, 1921
575.00 (sold)
4. Untitled – ‘Autumn Footpath’
12 x 16, oil on board, slr, 1923
1600.00 (sold)
5. With Mighty Wings Outspread
12 x 16, oil on board, slr, 1923
1600.00 (sold)
6. Reflection of a Smoky Sky
12 x 16, oil on board, sll, 1923
1600.00 (sold)
7. When Woods Were Green
24 x 30, oil on canvas, slr, 1920
3800.00 (sold)
8. Untitled – ‘Dappled Sunlight’
9-3/4 x 13-5/8, oil on canvas-board, sv, undated
950.00 (sold)
9. The Poet
30 x 24, oil on canvas, sv, undated
1200.00
10. Autumn’s Wizardry
24 x 30, oil on canvas, slr, 1918
3800.00 (sold)
11. A Night for Romance
15-3/4 x 11-5/8, oil on board, slr, 1918
1700.00 (sold)
12. Looking Across the Ravine
24 x 30, oil on canvas, sll, 1924
3800.00
13. The Good Wish! –Blush of Evening
24 x 30, oil on canvas, slr, 1918
3800.00 (sold)
14. 175 Nottingham Terrace
9-1/2 x 13-3/4, watercolor, sll, 1931
475.00 (sold)
15. 135 Nottingham Terrace
9-1/2 x 13-3/4, watercolor, sll, 1931
475.00
16. 7 Nottingham Terrace
9-1/2 x 13-3/4, watercolor, sll, 1931
475.00
