James Massy-Dawson (?) by Henry Singleton https://www.nga.gov/artworks/42924-james-massy-dawson
Bibliography 1926 Park, Lawrence. Gilbert Stuart. 4 vols.
Bibliography 1926 Park, Lawrence. Gilbert Stuart. 4 vols.
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase in 1926 by funds of the Estate
108 works by French artist Paul Gauguin were shown in this exhibition, which brought together self-portraits, still lifes, and landscapes from every period of the artist’s career to explore Gauguin’s use of religious and mythological symbols. Oil paintings, pastels, prints, drawings, and sculptures from the collection of the National Gallery of Art and loans from public and private collections in Europe and the United States were included. The exhibition was organized by theme: Artist as Creator; Quest for Spirituality; Earthly Paradise/Paradise Lost; Re-creating the Past; Archetypal Females; and Religious Commonalities.
nineteenth-century European painting and sculpture, University of Maryland, College Park
Algernon Green, Brooklyn, and Surbiton Hill Park, London.[1] (Jacques Seligmann,
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[7] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B.
Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century , pages 265-266, 268-270, and 275-277, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf
Decorative Crafts for the Benefit of Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Mass., Park
The three cargo ships in this large painting are the type of wide-bellied, seagoing vessels used to transport much of the commodities that generated the wealth of the Dutch in the seventeenth century. Flying the red, white, and blue flag of the Dutch Republic, these floating symbols of national prosperity are nevertheless in peril of crashing on the rocky shore.
Provenance Arthur George, 3rd earl of Onslow [1777-1870], Richmond, and Clandon Park
The leading portraitist of a new nation, Gilbert Stuart painted each of the first five US presidents from life. Trained in England and Ireland, the artist introduced a looser, brushy style to American portraits, painting figures that were both grand and lifelike.
Decorative Crafts for the Benefit of Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Mass., Park
Painted in a single day, Young Woman in White represents one of Robert Henri’s favorite professional models, the Czech-born Eugenie Stein. Henri is justly noted for the life-size, grand manner studio portraits of women, like this one, that he often sent to exhibitions to demonstrate his command of the full-length format.
Museum of Art, University Park; Cincinnati Art Museum; Phoenix Art Museum; Corcoran
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[4] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B.