AFA Winter 2019

Winter 90 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com Between 1877 and 1880, Palmer concentrated on painting interior views of American homes. Throughout these years he shared studio space at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York with his teacher and friend, Hudson River School artist Frederic Church. Despite success with his American interiors and his close friendship with Church, Palmer made the decision in December 1880 to close up his studio and travel again to Europe. In Gloucestershire, England, Palmer found the opportunity to paint one of England’s great baronial halls, Stanway House, the Jacobean manor house belonging to Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March. Palmer’s view focuses on the magnificent oriel window in the great hall with a view of the church beyond. The building’s substantial proportions impart the feeling of airy spaciousness that his American interiors could not provide. Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932), Stanway Interior, 1881. Oil on canvas, 20½ x 18¼ inches. Albany Institute of History & Art Purchase (1967.9).