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The Green Cushion

ca. 1895
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Description: This watercolor portrays a young woman reclining on an Empire revival-style recamier couch. The woman at leisure was a popular subject in late-nineteenth-century American painting. An exceptionally fresh demonstration of Wiles's work in watercolor, "The Green Cushion" was awarded the William T. Evans Prize for the best entry at the...
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Russian Tea

ca. 1896
oil on canvas
48 x 36 1/8 in. (122.0 x 91.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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On the veranda

1887
oil on canvas
Image: 20 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (51.4 x 66.7 cm) Frame: 32 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (82.6 x 97.2 cm)

The Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago, IL

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Lemuel Maynard Wiles

1904
oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (56.2 x 46.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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John Gellatly

1930-1932
oil on canvas
79 x 38 3/8 in. (200.8 x 97.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Her Leisure Hour

ca. 1925
oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (69.2 x 57.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Irving Wiles painted many portraits of society women that emphasized their elaborate costumes and jewelry. One writer for Scribner's Magazine commented that Wiles painted women's ribbons, veils, and laces with "as much character as he puts in the expression of their faces." But in Her Leisure Hour, the girl's unhappy expression is at odds with her...
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George A. Hearn

oil on canvas
57 x 38 1/4 in. (144.8 x 97.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

 GAAnonymous
Brown Kimono (Portrait of Kathryn Beta la Forque)

1908
oil on canvas
52 1/8 x 34 1/8 in. (132.3 x 86.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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