Art work by Theodore Gegoux (1850 - 1931)
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"Still Life in Pears and Grapes" Oil on board, 8 inches by 11 inches, signed and dated 1918. Photographs by Brooks Coefield © Copyright 2005 - All Rights Reserved |
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The following is a description of this painting, which was catalogued by Elisabeth Walton Potter Still life of pears and grapes, oil on comp. board, 8" x 11", signed "T. Gegoux, 1918." Framed. Palette: deep purple, Bartlett pear green, brown, ochre. [Mr. Sargent remarked that he believed the grapes had been a gift of Abernethy's to the artist.] Nine Gegoux Paintings catalogued by Elisabeth Walton Potter Mrs. Eldriedge had an aunt who evidently was Mrs. Guy Victor Abernethy. The Abernethy's had what was called a ranch on the old LaFramboise land claim, about one mile upriver (toward Newberg) from Champoeg. I had learned that a painting of the Abernethy farm or ranch painted by Gegoux was in the possession of Frederick "Jack" Sargent of Hebo, Tillamook County, Oregon. On June 29, 1979, I visited Mr. Sargent, then 88 years of age. Sargent, a native of Cornwall, had come to Oregon from Saskatchewan in 1923 or 1924 to work in the harvest on the Abernethy ranch. He stayed on in Oregon after landing a job in Portland. In 1952 he married Abernethy's widow. At her death in 1964, provisions of her will provided that Sargent would have the paintings which Gegoux had given to the Abernethys. I saw nine paintings on cardboard and canvas that day and made brief notes, which I repeat below. Mr. Sargent had no heirs, so it is impossible to say what happened to the paintings, I'm afraid. The measurements are of picture surface exposed to view. The frames made by artist. Information contributed by Elisabeth Walton Potter - 1979, Salem Oregon © Copyright - All Rights Reserved. |