Artist Ernest Bruce Nelson (1888 - 1971)

Autumnal Scene of Otsego Lake

Datec. 1918-1930

DimensionsSight: 23 3/8 × 29 5/8 in. (59.4 × 75.2 cm)

Object numberN0040.1996

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextNelson was a native of California, born in Santa Clara on June 13, 1888. He came from an artistic family, his father, Jesse, was a carriage painter and his mother, Emilie Bruce Nelson, sang in the Court of Newels at the opening of the Panama-Pacific Inernational Exposition. He trained as a landscape painter. As a friend of the Cooper family he spent summers in Cooperstown. Around 1918 he became a member of the local artist community. He returned to California in the 1930's. His style is a colorful post-impressionist technique characteristic of early 20th century art.

Exhibition History“American Treasures from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, February 20 – April 11, 2004.

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