Bridgekeepers House

Drawing

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Bridgekeepers House

Entry/Object ID

2023.59.14

Tags

Collecting the Art Coast

Description

Pastel of a white, 2-story building with water in foreground and trees in the background. Scene likely the pre-1936 Swing bridge keepers house. Artwork behind glass with white mat and black 1" wood frame

Type of Drawing

Pastel

Artwork Details

Medium

Pastel

Context

The painting was acquired from the Kit and Art Lane estate.

Collection

Artworks, Transportation: bridges

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.59

Source or Donor

Lakeshore Event Center/Tressa Mills

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Krehbiel, Albert Henry 1873-1945

Date made

1926

Dimensions

Dimension Description

including frame

Height

12 in

Width

15 in

Location

Shelf

AC bay 07

Room

Art Conservation Room

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bridge, Swing and Causeway 1902/Drawbridge 1870 or 1868

Interpretative Labels

Label

Albert Krehbiel 1873-1945 Bridgekeeper's House, July 21, 1926 1926 | pastel on hand laid paper Painter Albert Krehbiel was a Midwestern artist by birth, training, and choice of subjects. Born in low, raised in Kansas, he graduated from Bethel College in Indiana in 1895. He later studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and left for Paris in 1903 after winning a travel scholarship to the Academie Julian. Krehbiel returned home to become an instructor at the Art Institute for thirty-nine years, while also teaching at the Armour Institute from 1913 until his death. For a number of years, the artist maintained a home in Saugatuck, where beginning in 1926, he taught at the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting. Stylistically, he began as a traditional academic and moved from Impressionism to Abstraction. This pastel depicts the bridge crossing the Kalamazoo River looking towards Douglas. It is dated in pencil "July-21-26" the year he first began his work at Ox-Bow. Lane Art Collection

General Notes

Note

2023 auction description: July 21,1926 Pastel of home and dock on river between Saugatuck & Douglass by Albert Krehbiel (1873-1945). Marked with name & date. Approx. 12"x15" OA; 8"x10" SS. Piece has not been removed from frame for examination. Part of a Saugatuck/Douglas Art Collection.

Create Date

December 20, 2023

Update Date

April 29, 2025