The Mill in East Hampton, Long Island
Robert Crannell Minor

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The Mill
detail
Robert Crannell Minor (1839-1904) (attributed to)
"The Mill" - East Hampton, L.I.
American: Late 19th Century
Etching on paper
Signed "Minor" in the plate, lower right, titled in pencil lower margin center
22.5 x 31.5 inches sheet
19.5 x 29.25 inches image
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Print of an East Hampton landmark attributed to Robert Crannell Minor, an artist known for landscape paintings and etchings in an atmospheric style associated with the American Barbizon School.

Robert Crannell Minor was born in New York City, spent several years studying in Paris and Antwerp, and in 1874 was vice-president of the Artistic and Literary Society of Antwerp. He returned to New York and opened a studio, becoming a member of the Society of American artists and the National Academy of Design (p. ANA 1888, NA 1897), where he also exhibited his work. Eventually he moved to Watertown, Connecticut. In his lifetime, Minor exhibited in New York, Brooklyn, Chicago, and other U.S. cities, as well as in the Royal Academy of London and the salons of Antwerp and Paris. He won a prize in the 1900 Paris exposition. His works are in the collections of many prominent American museums, including the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. Cranwell's papers are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institutions's Archives of American Art.

References:

"National Academy of Design Artist Members." http://www.nationalacademy.org/namembers6.htm#M

"Robert Crannell Minor." Appleton's 1886 Encyclopedia online at http://famousamericans.net/robertcrannellminor/