Emily B. Waite Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas Portrait of A Man
Item Details
A oil painting on a unstretched canvas portrait of a man by well-known artist Emily B. Waite (1887 – 1980). Depicted in a profile view is a man wearing a dark tone suit and red tie. This piece has a label from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts present to the lower left corner. This piece is signed in the lower left corner and to the verso. Presented as an unframed and unstretched 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
- to fair; craquelure through out piece; stains to canvas edge; foxing to canvas backing.
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Item #
16BOS020-361
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