Object Details
- Artist
- Thomas Wilmer Dewing, born Boston, MA 1851-died New York City 1938
- Sitter
- unidentified
- Luce Center Label
- Thomas Wilmer Dewing painted many images of young, elegant women who gaze away from the viewer as if lost in thought. The delicate brushstrokes in this painting emphasize the soft, gauzy material of the girl’s dress, and her skin appears pale against the dark background, creating a sense of fragility and tenderness. Dewing was surrounded by strong women—his wife was an artist and suffragist and his daughter was “headstrong”—and his idyllic images of ladies at leisure suggest that he was responding to the changing role of women at the turn of the twentieth century. (Hobbs, Beauty Reconfigured, 1996)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
- 1896
- Object number
- 1929.6.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (51.1 x 40.9 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 6A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Portrait female\knee length
- Record ID
- saam_1929.6.42
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7267eeb56-c87d-4352-8fcb-220353fab169
