Emily B. Waite Pastel Drawing on Paper Floral Still Life

Item Details

Pastel on paper

A pastel drawing on paper of a floral still life by well-listed Massachusetts artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980). The work depicts a floral scene with clusters of stylized begonias in pinks, violets, and reds with lush green foliage. To the lower right corner, the piece is signed by the artist. A majority of the signature has faded. Under a single layer of white mat, the item is presented under glass and housed in a decorative gilt frame.

Emily B. Waite is best known for her oil portraits, still life paintings, and etchings. She began her formal artistic training at 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

- signature has started to fade.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight size measures approximately: 14" W x 21" H.

Item #

16BOS020-277