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ARTIST: Alfred Kappes (New York, Virginia, 1850 - 1894) TITLE: Winter Street Scene with Old Couple MEDIUM: watercolor on paper CONDITION: Some age toning. Framed under glass. Wear to frame. ART SIZE: 23 x 13 inches / 58 x 33 cm FRAME SIZE: 29 x 19 inches / 74 x 48 cm SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 158071 US SHIPPING: $95 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A 19th-century American genre painter in New York City, Alfred Kappes was renowned during his career for his sensitive portrayal of the lives of the African-American community, and was recognized as such in art reviews of the day. Unlike other artists who sentimentalized African-American subjects, Kappes painted these people with frankness and sensitivity. In 1870, he joined the staff of The New York Daily Graphic and also continued to do other illustration work including for People from the Other World, a study of paranormal activity by Henry Steel Olcott. He was elected an Associate member of the National Academy of Design in 1887. This same year, he exhibited his painting Tattered and Torn at the Boston Art Club. In 1887, he also won the Julius Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy of Design exhibition.