Emily B. Waite Oil on Canvas Portrait of Woman
Item Details
An oil portrait of a woman on an unstretched canvas by well-listed American artist Emily Burling Waite (Massachusetts/Rhode Island; 1887 – 1980). This half-body portrait features a three-quarter view of a middle-aged woman with short blonde hair, wearing a black jacket and a yellow-green scarf. She rests her arm on a reflective surface and places her hands on a decorative paneled box, as she gazes out to the viewer with a serious expression. This work is signed in pink to the lower left; the canvas is unframed and unstretched.
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
- to fair; paint loss, scratches, stains, and tears to canvas; canvas is unstretched.
Dimensions
- measurement of unstretched canvas; painted image measures approximately 20"W x 24"H.
Item #
16BOS020-270
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