Emily B. Waite Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait of Mother and Child
Item Details
An oil portrait on canvas of a mother and child by well-listed American artist Emily Burling Waite (Massachusetts/Rhode Island; 1887 – 1980). This work features a mother sitting in a wicker chair with a blonde toddler in her lap. The overall work is portrayed with thick painterly brushstrokes, with some areas layered with heavier impasto. The stretched canvas is unframed and is signed to the lower left. The piece comes directly from the estate of Worcester Historical Museum and proceeds go to benefit the Museum. To read the original seller’s story, please refer to the link below.
Waite was best known for her oil portraits, still life paintings, and etchings. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under Philip Leslie Hale and Francis Luis Mora. Her work has been collected by numerous institutions including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, among many others.
Condition
- some paint loss, scratches, stains, and craquelure in composition.
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Item #
16BOS020-281
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