Lot 119: CHARLES BITTINGER (1879-1970) MOUNT VERNON

Mount Vernon Impressionist Oil on Artist Board by Charles Bittinger (1879-1970). In wood frame measures 21"x17"x1 1/4". Weight 2 pds 10 oz. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Washington, D.C., artist Charles Bittinger (1879-1970) studied at MIT and l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He worked as a camouflage painter in both world wars and was official artist for the 1937 National Geographic Eclipse Expedition to Canton Island and for Operation Crossroads in 1946. Although he produced broadly-painted, impressionist landscapes, New York-based artist Charles Bittinger is best remembered for his delicate, sumptuous paintings of interiors, generally peopled by elegantly-dressed young women. He was celebrated in Boston as a frequent exhibitor at the St. Botolph Club and the Guild of Boston Artists, as well as for his splendid interior view of the Boston Athenaeum, purchased by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1924.

good, minor wear