Emily B. Waite Oil Paintin on Canvas "Joyce Putnam and Daughters"
Item Details
An oil portrait on canvas titled Joyce Putnam and Daughters, created in 1955 by well-listed American artist Emily Burling Waite (Massachusetts/Rhode Island; 1887 – 1980). This work features a portrait of a mother and her young daughters sitting on her lap. Portrayed with thick painterly brushstrokes, the sitters are arranged in a general triangular formation with the mother in the center. All figures are well-dressed and the blonde toddler holds a stuffed toy in her hand. The work is signed in pink to the lower left, and a descriptive label to the verso includes identification of the work and a short bio of the artist. Displayed in a gold-tone wood frame.
Emily B. Waite is best known for her oil portraits, still life paintings, and etchings. She studied at the Art Students League in New York and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where she studied from 1908 through 1910 under Philip Leslie Hale and Francis Luis Mora. In 1910 she received the Paige Traveling Scholarship and traveled extensively for two years throughout France, Spain, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and Italy, studying and copying master paintings. Waite’s work is represented in the collections of numerous distinguished institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C.; and the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., among many others.
Condition
- minor scratches and discoloration in frame; gilt loss throughout frame.
Dimensions
- measurement of frame; visible image measures approximately 31.5" W x 35.5" H.
Item #
16BOS020-283
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