Mère et l'enfant apres W. Bouguereau (English name: "Mother and Child after W. Bouguereau") is an oil painting on canvas by Henry Salem Hubbell, completed in 1898, and is his earliest known work.[1] Hubbell had moved to Paris, France to study painting at the Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and Jean-Paul Laurens.[2] He painted and exhibited Mother and Child before leaving to study with James Abbott McNeill Whistler at the Académie Carmen,[3][4] and it is painted in the style of Bouguereau,[5][6] featuring smooth, barely visible brushstrokes and lifelike imagery.[7] It also features a female subject, head to toe, dressed in flowing clothes, which would become a staple of his style in the years to come.[8][9]
| Mother and Child after W. Bouguereau | |
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| Artist | Henry Salem Hubbell |
| Year | 1898 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 82.55 cm × 55.88 cm (32.50 in × 22.00 in) |
References
edit- ^ Charles H. Caffin, "Some New American Painters in Paris," Harper's New Monthly Magazine (January, 1909) p. 118
- ^ Dearinger, David Bernard; Design (U.S.), National Academy of (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925. Hudson Hills. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
- ^ Whistler, James McNeill (1911). Oils, water colors, pastels & drawings by James McNeill Whistler. Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. doi:10.5479/sil.669444.39088011604105.
- ^ "Henry Salem Hubbell; article by Jay Williams". tfaoi.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ McKissick Museum Staff. “The Paintings of Henry Salem Hubbell: An Elegance Rediscovered,” Under the Dome, (Charleston: University of South Carolina, July, 1998)
- ^ Hindman, Leslie. American and European Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, (Chicago, LH 2011) p. 126
- ^ "Guide to the Henry Salem Hubbell papers, 1800-1975". rmc.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ William H. Gerdts, American Impressionism, (New York: Abbeville Press, 1984)
- ^ Bishop, Philip E. "Hubbell Works Make a Nice Impression". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-02-29.