Portrait of the Artist's Wife
Artist
Harry Everett Townsend
(1879 - 1941)
Datec. 1920
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions35 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
ClassificationsOil Painting
Credit LineGift of Walt Reed
Terms
Object number1975.93
DescriptionTownsend was also a well-respected easel painter. In this instance, he created a very sensitive portrait of his young wife. The bright colors and bold arrangement of flat surfaces link the painting to more experimental work that he would have observed in Paris. In particular, many young French artists were turning to a more expressive, rather than academic, approach to painting. Artists such as Max Weber, Stuart Davies, William Zorach and Georgia O'Keeffe, all of whom were influenced by Alfred Stieglitz, were along the first Americans to embrace Modernism at the time of the First World War. The 1913 Armory Show in New York City also contributed to the awareness of these modern tendencies, as the exhibition included significant works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and other radical painters.On View
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