Object Details
- Artist
- Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929
- Luce Center Label
- This painting shows Robert Reid’s young wife, Elizabeth Reeves, in the year of their wedding. Reid painted Elizabeth in a white gown surrounded by many different colored flowers to emphasize her flawless porcelain skin. Their marriage lasted only a few years, and here the delicate colors and idealized setting suggest the optimism of young love. Reid's many paintings of girls immersed in nature emphasize the fragility and beauty of women, as if he equated them with the flowers, trees, and clouds.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
- ca. 1907
- Object number
- 1909.7.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2nd Floor, East Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Dress\accessory\umbrella
- Landscape\garden
- Figure female\knee length
- Occupation\domestic\gathering
- Landscape\plant\lily
- Record ID
- saam_1909.7.57
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f54a6d71-97a5-462d-b225-71761ece3033
