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Hemlock Pool by John Henry Twachtman ca. 1890-1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Twachtman, John Henry | John Twachtman painted this scene in all different seasons. He drew inspiration from his seventeen acres of land in Greenwich, Connecticut, and his paintings of the property express the emotional and spiritual comfort he found there. This image, likely made in autumn, shows a pond located behind his house at the bottom of a steep incline along the... | |
Henry Augustus Coit by John Wood Dodge 1838 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Dodge, John Wood | Henry Augustus Coit (born 1800) lived in Cuba as a young man, and for over twenty years, invested in the sugar trade along with his partner, Moses Taylor III. Coit was fluent in Spanish and moved easily in Cuban society. Having made a fortune in the sugar trade, he maintained palatial homes in Havana, Dobbs Ferry, and Saratoga Springs, New York,... | |
Henry M. Stanley by Alice Pike Barney ca. 1927 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Barney, Alice Pike | ||
Henry Trescot by Charles Fraser 1821 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Fraser, Charles | According to Charles Fraser’s account books, he painted “copy of 2 portraits for Mr. H Trescot,” which may mean that the artist copied an existing oil painting of his patron, or made two versions of this miniature. Here, Henry Trescot appears at his ease among leatherbound books, signs of his learning and financial standing. | |
Her Leisure Hour by Irving R. Wiles ca. 1925 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Wiles, Irving R. | 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... | |
Herdsmen with Cows by Edward M. Bannister 1869 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Bannister, Edward M. | ||
Hermia and Helena by Washington Allston before 1818 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Allston, Washington | Hermia and Helena in England when the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge was reviving Shakespeare's plays. A friend of Allston's, Coleridge felt that Shakespeare expressed human sentiment perfectly. | |
Highlands, N.C. by Henry Ossawa Tanner 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Tanner, Henry Ossawa | ||
Hillside by Edward Gay 1908 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Gay, Edward | ||
Hippolyte Dreyfus by Alice Pike Barney 1907 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Barney, Alice Pike |
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