However, it was a summer trip to the Adirondacks that piqued Bruce's interest in painting after witnessing “a lot of young lady amateur (artists.

The National Academy of Design, as well as other metropolitan art exhibitions, have contained many charming landscapes by such men as Bruce Crane and Hugh Bolton Jones, the material for which was gathered in Union County.

"Crane soon began to paint locations of East Hampton and Long Island, which brought him praise and critical approval (as well as a steady income.)

One unnamed critic stated: Crane had [by 1885] proved to the satisfaction of the art public that he handled one kind of landscape with as much ability as another.

[1]He then left New York to study in France with Jean-Charles Cazin, a well known French painter of the 19th century.

Jeanne began to publicly accuse Bruce Crane of adultery with his step-daughter Ann but the case was dropped and the divorce finalized in 1902.

I have come to like simpler subjects betterIn 1909, he won a bronze medal at the Carnegie Institute exhibition for his work November Hills, showing that he was still a force to be reckoned with.

From 1929 to 1933, Bruce Crane was the President of the famed Salmagundi Club of New York City (founded 1871) and its artist of the year in 1902.