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Theodore Robinson

1878
Pencil on paper
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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The Harp Player (A Solo)

1888
oil on canvas
30 x 17 7/8 in. (76.2 x 45.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 UnratedAnonymous
Study For Drapery Of "Pursuit Of The Ideal"

1891
oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. (46.4 x 37.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
The final painting of Pursuit of the Ideal was part of United States' fine arts exhibit at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
GAAnonymous
Portrait of Mr. Wiley

1894
oil on canvas
15 x 17 in. (38.1 x 43.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Further research might establish the relationship between Mr. Wiley and Kenyon Cox. In the year he painted this portrait, Cox was under contract with Bowdoin College to create mural decorations for the new Walker Art Center, designed by prominent architect Charles F. McKim. Wiley sits in a library, which suggests that he might have been a member of...
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Portrait of a Young Girl

ca. 1900
oil on canvas
35 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (90.8 x 55.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Further research might help to identify this young girl and Kenyon Cox’s reasons for painting her. Although the background is spare, Cox enlivened the portrait with the girl’s animated expression, which hints at a mischievous character.
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Louise Howland King (Mrs. Kenyon Cox)

1892
oil on canvas
38 3/4 x 18 in. (98.3 x 45.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Kenyon Cox gave this portrait as a wedding gift to his young bride and former student, Louise Howland King. His mother saw it before she met Louise, and later reported that she was relieved and surprised at how pretty her new daughter-in-law was. Cox responded to this backhanded compliment by telling his mother that most people thought the painting...
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Lengthening Shadows

1888
oil on canvas
15 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (38.7 x 76.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
d the long shadows suggest it was painted at dusk, just before the sun completely disappeared over the horizon.
GAAnonymous
Landscape

1883
oil on canvas
16 x 30 in. (40.6 x 76.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Book of Pictures

1910-1917
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 36 in. (76.0 x 91.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
using such means to encourage lessons of good taste that would extend into all aspects of American life.
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens

1887, replica 1908
oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 47 1/8 in. (85.1 x 119.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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