Lewis Thomas Ives, American, 1833 to 1894, an antique oil on canvas painting depicting a portrait of Sr Jerome H. Remick, 1871. Signed and dated on the lower right. Housed in an original period gilt wood and gesso frame. Note: Lewis Thomas Ives was an attorney who painted in his spare time and eventually left the practice of law to devote all his time to art. He studied in Paris and Rome under Willian Page. He married Margaret Leggett, 1860, in Detroit, and they had two sons, Percy Ives, who became an artist, and Dr. Augustus W. Ives. Lewis Ives painted many portraits of dignitaries from Detroit, Michigan and Massachusetts. He was commissioned to do a portrait of Grover Cleveland, but died before its completion The painting was later finished by his son, Percy Ives. A room at the Detroit Institute of Art is named after Lewis Ives who died in Detroit on December 13, 1894. One of a kind artwork. Antique American Fine Art And Wall Decor Collectibles.