Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
45-1/2 x 35-1/2 in. (canvas) 57 x 46-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed and dated lower left: Tarbell-07
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John G. Rauch, Sr.
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1909 (on loan to the City Art Museum); sold by (Kende Galleries, New York, New York, 04 May 1945); (J. W. Young Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois); purchased by John G. Rauch Sr. [1920-1996], Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1982 (82.201).
Gallery Labels
- Tarbell used Impressionist brushwork to lend texture to the model’s feathered hat and elegant blouse, but showed off his fine drawing skills in the softer approach to her hands and face. He belonged to the Boston School of painters, artists who combined Impressionistic technique with an approach to figure painting that prized technical skill and traditional notions of beauty.
- The picture at the upper right of the canvas reveals one of Tarbell’s major influences. It is the corner of a painting by the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Jan Vermeer, who was renowned for quiet interior scenes. Rediscovered by artists in the early twentieth century, Vermeer had a significant influence on the Boston School painters.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Impressionism Transformed: The Paintings of Edmund C. Tarbell
Delaware Art Museum
February 14, 2002 - April 28, 2002
Impressionism Transformed: The Paintings of Edmund C. Tarbell
The Currier Museum of Art
October 13, 2001 - January 14, 2002
Benson/Tarbell Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
1938 - 1938
Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art
Saint Louis Art Museum
1909 - 1909
Exhibition of Paintings by Ten American Painters
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
April 11, 1908 - May 3, 1908
Edmund C. Tarbell
Corcoran Gallery of Art
January 8, 1908 - January 29, 1908
Third Annual Exhibition of Selected Painting by American Artists
Saint Louis Art Museum
September 15, 1908 - 1908
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