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Ann Langdon, Mrs. Richard Ayscough by John Wollaston c. 1755 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Wollaston, John | ard prop that alludes to women's beauty and fertility, while the feathery park setting in the background exemplifies the same type of handling Thomas Gainsborough would make famous in England a decade later. | |
Mary Trusler by Jeremiah Theus c. 1760 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Theus, Jeremiah | Painted about five years into Mary Trusler's second marriage, her portrait reveals Jeremiah Theus's direct observation of his Charlestonian sitter, her desire for elegant representation, and his own stylistic difficulties. Theus, who had immigrated to South Carolina from Switzerland with his family as a teenager, relied heavily on the use of... | |
Eleanor Nightengale by John Smibert 1727 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Smibert, John | ||
Edward Nightengale by John Smibert c. 1722-1724 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Smibert, John | ||
Samuel Adams by Edward Savage 1854 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Savage, Edward | ||
The Family Of Cromwell Interceding For The Life Of Charles I by John Sartain Mezzotint Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Sartain, John | ||
Portrait of Dorothy (Dorothy Williamson) by John Singer Sargent 1900 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Sargent, John Singer |
From Dallas Museum of Art (9/5/08)
Dorothy
Williamson was the granddaughter of George Millar Williamson, one of John
Singer Sargent's first American patrons. Sargent painted Dorothy's portrait in London in 1900 and
exhibited the work the following year at the Society of American Artists in New
York. The New York Times critic wrote, "The... | |
Fish House Door by John Frederick Peto 1905 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Peto, John Frederick | An eel-fishers tools of the trade are the subject of this late still life by John Frederick Peto, a close associate of William Michael Harnett, the other great trompe loeil (fool the eye) still-life painter of the late 19th century. Peto often chose to represent doors with objects hanging on or tacked to them, such as in this work. He frequently... | |
Portrait of a Man by Rembrandt Peale c. 1800 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Peale, Rembrandt | The soft edges, neutral background, and cool tonality of this painting have recently led scholars of the Peale family to reattribute this work to Rembrandt Peale. Initially trained by his father, Rembrandt Peale developed a softer, more three-dimensional style, which this meditative portrait seems to display. | |
Roses by Robert Jenkins Onderdonk c. 1905-1915 Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX | Onderdonk, Robert Jenkins |
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