Emily B. Waite Oil on Canvas "Portrait of Mrs. H. Ladd Plumley"
Item Details
An oil portrait of an older woman titled Portrait of Mrs. H. Ladd Plumley by well-listed American artist Emily Burling Waite (Massachusetts/Rhode Island; 1887 – 1980). This half-body portrait features an older woman dressed in a fancy white sheen dress and seated in a purple upholstered arm chair. Portrayed with thick painterly brushstrokes and vibrant colors, the sitter wears a long necklace with a large yellow pendant, and she looks off to the left. The painting is signed in red to the lower left. A descriptive label with the title and artist’s name is affixed to the verso. Presented in a gold-tone wood 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. This work was deaccessioned from the Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester, MA. Proceeds from the sale of this item will go to benefit the museum.
Condition
- minor scratches, stains, and discoloration in frame.
Dimensions
- measurement of frame; visible image measures approximately 27.5"W x 34.5"H.
Item #
16BOS020-262
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