Sunday, May 15, 2022

The 19th-Century Flowers of Spring Have Faded

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American Artist William Baptiste Baird (1847-1899) Spring Flowers 1864
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Friday, May 13, 2022

Late 19th-Century American Artists Paint Women Sewing

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Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) The Sunny Window

Seymour Joseph Guy (1824-1910) A Woman's Work is Never Done 1882

Frederick Frieseke (1874-1939) On the Balcony
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Sewing

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Lydia at the Tapestry Loom

August Macke (1887-1914)

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) Sewing
Frederick Frieseke (1874-1939) Women Sewing In A Garden

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917) The Embroiderer

Richard Emil Miller (1875-1943) Young Woman Sewing

Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). The Young Bride 1875

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Green! John White Alexander (1856-1915)


John White Alexander (1856-1915), Study in Black and Green 1906
John White Alexander (1856-1915) Young Girl in Green Dress
John White Alexander (1856-1915) Young Woman Arranging Her Hair 1890
John White Alexander (1856-1915) The Green Dress 1890
John White Alexander (1856-1915) The Green Bow 1898
John White Alexander (1856-1915) June
John White Alexander (1856-1915) Juliette 1897
John White Alexander (1856-1915) Green Girl 1896
John White Alexander (1856-1915) A Rose
John White Alexander (1856-1915) The Green Gown 1904
John White Alexander (1856-1915) Portrait of a Lady 1900

Monday, May 9, 2022

The Lyrical Compositions of John White Alexander (1856-1915)

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John White Alexander (1856-1915), A Ray of Sunlight (also known as The Cellist) 1898

John White Alexander (1856-1915), Althea 1895

John White Alexander (1856-1915) Fancy Dress 1894

John White Alexander (1856-1915) Mrs Herman Duryea 1900

John White Alexander (1856-1915) Black and Red 1896
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Saturday, May 7, 2022

The Late Summer Whites of American Artist Frank W. Benson (1862-1951)

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Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Portrait in White 1889

Alright, I admit it, I am back to posting those 19th-century white dresses again. Here are my best excuses. It did not feel like Fall here today, the temperature rose to 93. And these portraits are not painted outside on glowing green grass. Those are my excuses, and I am sticking to them.

Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Twilight in the Desert 1891

Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Alice Bacon (Mrs W Stugis H. Lothrop 1891
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Firelight 1893

Frank W. Benson (1862-1951) Emily Vanderbilt Binney 1894
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Thursday, May 5, 2022

Reading Aloud

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William Vierplank Birney (1858-1909) Reading Aloud 1885.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

The 19th-Century Bonnet

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Thomas P. Anshutz (1851-1912) Lady with Bonnet
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Sunday, May 1, 2022

At the Shore When the Weather is still too Cool

Albert Fitch Bellows (1830-1883) Seaside Reflections.

Friday, April 29, 2022

19C America from Pennsylvanian Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1935)

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Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1935) Ready for the Oven

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1935) The Homecoming 1885

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1935) Love's Young Dream 1887
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Monday, April 25, 2022

The Privileged & The Enslaved in 1858

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Painting by American artist James Cameron (1817-1882) Colonel and Mrs. James A. Whiteside, Son Charles and Servants 1858
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Saturday, April 23, 2022

At a Well in 1877

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Painting by American Henry Cariss (1850-1903) At the Well 1877
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Thursday, April 21, 2022

American Illustrator Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908)

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Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Beach Scene 1879

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Beach Scene with a Punch and Judy Show 1880

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Children on the Beach 1879
Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Coney Island Hurdy Gurdy 1880

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) On the Beach at Coney Island 1879

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) After School

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) School Days

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) School's Out 1882

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Crossing the Stream

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Dog Trainers

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Gathering Flowers

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Morning After Election 1884

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Reading By the Fire

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) The Banjo Player

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) The Blacksmith's Shop

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) The Little Drummer Boy 1889

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Westward Ho

Samuel S. Carr (1837-1908) Woman in a Wheatfield
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