Emily B. Waite Oil Painting on Unstreached Canvas of a Woman
Item Details
An oil painting on unstretched canvas of a woman by well-known artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980). Depicted is a middle-aged woman with curled brunette hair, brown eyes, and gently smiling. She wears a red dress with cap sleeves and pearl necklace with matching earrings. This piece is not signed by the artist and comes presented as an unframed canvas.
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 wear to canvas edge; some folding and curves to corners; slight tear in canvas backing.
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Item #
16BOS020-384
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