Joseph Henry Sharp Monumental Oil Pastel Portrait of Young Boy, 1894

Item Details

Joseph Henry Sharp (American, 1859 – 1953)
Untitled (portrait), 1894
Oil pastel drawing on paper
Signed and dated to lower right

Sharp may be best known for his Western portraits, cultural life, and landscapes. Sharp studied, and later taught, at the Art Academy of Cincinnati during the turn of the 19th century. He was one of the founding members of the Cincinnati Art Club and the eldest founder of the Taos Society of Artists in New Mexico. President Theodore Roosevelt admired the artistic depictions of Native American life and commissioned Sharp to create over 200 portraits of Native Americans in and around the Little Bighorn Battlefield site. Sharp’s works are held in many collections, notably the Smithsonian Institutions, Museum of New Mexico, Cincinnati Museum of Art, and many others.

Condition

- staining and abrasions to glaze; wear, staining, abrasions and loss to frame; wear, punctures and staining to verso.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 29.5" W x 49.5" H.

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Item #

ITMG785749