19C US Women Ponder Slavery, Voting, & Working Outside the Home: Lyrical & Isolated American Women by Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Lyrical & Isolated American Women by Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) The 1893 Carnation

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) Lady in Green 1910

The paintings of Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), an American painter Tonalist born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. He Studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, & later settled into a studio in New York City. Dewing painted thin, wide-boned females, usually you alone, engaged in actions impassive & situated in gauzy, dreamy, confined interiors. Dewing's scenes are infused with subtle color harmonies which pervade the entire painting, setting tone & mood. These women seem like captives of the Victorian age, both culturally & sexually; & they make me feel lonely.