Ralph Albert Blakelock
(October 15, 1847 - August 9, 1919) was a romanticist painter from the United States. Ralph Blakelock was born in New York City on October 15, 1847. In 1864, Blakelock entered the Free Academy of the City of New York (now known as the City College) with aspirations of becoming a physician. After his third term he opted to dismiss his formal education and left college. From 1869-71 he traveled west, extensively wandering far from known civilization and spending time among the American Indians. Largely self-taught as an artist, he began producing competent landscapes, depicting select views from his travels, as well as scenes of American Indian life. His works were exhibited in the National Academy of Design. Moonlight, 1885, the Brooklyn MuseumIn 1877 Blakelock married Cora Rebecca Bailey; they had nine children. In art, Blakelock was a genius, yet, in business dealings and in monetary transactions he proved a failure. He found it difficult, if not crushing to maintain and support his wife and children. In desperation he found himself selling his paintings for extremely low prices, far beneath their known worth. In hopes of lifting his family from abject poverty, reportedly on the day his 9th child was born, Blakelock had offered a painting to a collector for $1000. The collector made a counter offer and after refusing the proposed sum Blakelock found himself in a bitter argument with his wife. After the domestic dispute, Blakelock returned to the patron and sold the painting for a much lesser sum. Defeated and frustrated, it is said he broke down and tore the cash into pieces. And so it was after such repeated failed business transactions that he began to suffer from extreme depression and eventually show symptoms of mental frailty. In 1899 he suffered a breakdown.
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Ralph Albert Blakelock Farmhouse of F B Guest oil painting


Farmhouse of F B Guest
Date ca. 1868(1868) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 40.9 X 61.2 cm (16.1 X 24.09 in) cyf
Painting ID::  73005 		Ralph Albert Blakelock
Farmhouse of F B Guest
Date ca. 1868(1868) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 40.9 X 61.2 cm (16.1 X 24.09 in) cyf
   
   
     
Ralph Albert Blakelock Mondlicht oil painting


Mondlicht
1885(1885) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 69 x 82 cm cjr
Painting ID::  88178 		Ralph Albert Blakelock
Mondlicht
1885(1885) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 69 x 82 cm cjr
   
   
     
Ralph Albert Blakelock Moonlight oil painting


Moonlight
circa 1885-1890 Medium oil on board Dimensions 12 x 16 in (30.5 x 40.6 cm) cjr
Painting ID::  93304 		Ralph Albert Blakelock
Moonlight
circa 1885-1890 Medium oil on board Dimensions 12 x 16 in (30.5 x 40.6 cm) cjr
   
   
     
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     Ralph Albert Blakelock
     (October 15, 1847 - August 9, 1919) was a romanticist painter from the United States. Ralph Blakelock was born in New York City on October 15, 1847. In 1864, Blakelock entered the Free Academy of the City of New York (now known as the City College) with aspirations of becoming a physician. After his third term he opted to dismiss his formal education and left college. From 1869-71 he traveled west, extensively wandering far from known civilization and spending time among the American Indians. Largely self-taught as an artist, he began producing competent landscapes, depicting select views from his travels, as well as scenes of American Indian life. His works were exhibited in the National Academy of Design. Moonlight, 1885, the Brooklyn MuseumIn 1877 Blakelock married Cora Rebecca Bailey; they had nine children. In art, Blakelock was a genius, yet, in business dealings and in monetary transactions he proved a failure. He found it difficult, if not crushing to maintain and support his wife and children. In desperation he found himself selling his paintings for extremely low prices, far beneath their known worth. In hopes of lifting his family from abject poverty, reportedly on the day his 9th child was born, Blakelock had offered a painting to a collector for $1000. The collector made a counter offer and after refusing the proposed sum Blakelock found himself in a bitter argument with his wife. After the domestic dispute, Blakelock returned to the patron and sold the painting for a much lesser sum. Defeated and frustrated, it is said he broke down and tore the cash into pieces. And so it was after such repeated failed business transactions that he began to suffer from extreme depression and eventually show symptoms of mental frailty. In 1899 he suffered a breakdown.

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