« previous // return to Full list of works // next »

Catalogue entry

Series

loading

Keywords

Locations:
- New Hope / Lambertville / Trenton »
Stylistic:
- Mature Impressionism »
Subjects:
- Delaware River / Canal Scenes »
- Fishing scenes »
- Work scenes »
Time-frames:
- 1920-1929 »

Explore catalogue entries

Classification: painting »

Theme: landscape »

Medium: Oil »

Support: on canvas »

JFF.255

April on the River

Alternate titles: April on the River; Shad Fishing

1923–24

Oil on canvas

32 x 40 in. (81.28 x 101.6 cm)

Signed lower right: John F. Folinsbee; on top stretcher: "April on the River"

Folinsbee 1920s–40s stockbook: p. [2]

Private collection

Provenance

Joan F. Cook

Private collection

Exhibitions

1924 Allentown Museum PA

Allied Artists of America, New York, 1924.

Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, January 24–February 8, 1924.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 120th Annual Exhibition, February 8–March 29, 1925, no. 284.

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 38th Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, October 29–December 13, 1925, no. 61.

Carson, Pirie & Scott, Chicago, John Folinsbee, February 1926.

1926 Montclair Museum

Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, New Jersey, April 1926.

Published References

Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 243, cat entry.

Additional images

April on the River, 1923–24 (JFF.255). Folinsbee in front of April on the River (photographer unknown)

Folinsbee in front of April on the River (photographer unknown)

Record last updated June 18, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""April on the River, 1923–24 (JFF.255)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=255 (accessed on May 4, 2025).