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James Peale trained his daughter Anna Claypoole Peale in the art of painting miniature portraits in watercolor on ivory. She began her career assisting him with his work when his eyesight began to fail, but eventually pursued the medium on her own—as it was, according to her father, 'the most suitab...
“Me” illustrates Eulabee Dix’s talent with the demanding watercolor-on-ivory medium. Rosalba Carriera had developed the technique in 18th-century Venice. In early 19th-century America, artists such as Anna Claypoole Peale helped make watercolor-on-ivory miniatures the favored means of capturing the ...
Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934–2016), known as Marwan, was a Syrian artist based in Berlin. He was born in Syria and lived most of his life in Germany. In the late 1950s and early /
Bill Traylor, Untitled (Seated Woman), ca. 1940–1942, pencil and opaque watercolor on paperboard. Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.92. Photo by Gene Young
A founder and leader of the American watercolor movement by the late 1870s, La Farge used the medium to make studies for illustrations and decorative projects, to record his travels, and to paint exquisite floral still-life exhibition pieces. This sheet typifies those still lifes in its quiet mood, ...
While the site in this watercolor cannot be identified, it was probably painted in Newport or Middletown, Rhode Island. The concentration on broad surface masses and the interplay of strong geometries reveal La Farge’s appreciation of Japanese design principles. The artist brought his exceptional gi...
Field copied Gilbert Stuart's 1803 portrait of the Scottish-born Baltimore merchant Robert Gilmor Sr. (1748-1822). Stuart's portrait is in the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Marwan Kassab-Bachi, known as Marwan, was a Syrian artist based in Berlin. He was born in Syria and lived most of his life in Germany. In the late 1950s and early /
Eugénie Zerban (1803-1880) married Florent Édouard Simon, a lawyer, in 1823. The couple was living in St. Martinsville, Louisiana, when the portrait was painted.
The earliest watercolors by Sargent in the Museum’s collection date from 1865–68, when the artist was about ten years old. From childhood, watercolor afforded him a versatile medium with which to record the people and places that captured his attention. Although the inscription on the verso, which i...
Sketch made in Europe (1)In 1952, Insho visited Europe with his nephew Hisao Domoto to view European fine arts. For six months, he traveled mainly in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany, familiarizing himself with Western culture.
This watercolor is a study for Dove's oil painting of the same title (MMA 49.70.37). Dove typically worked out his compositional arrangements and color schemes in this medium, on a small scale, then transferred the image to a larger canvas by means of a projector-like 'magic lantern' or a copying to...
Watercolor depicting a vase of upright white tulips in full bloom standing in front of a table with a patterned tablecloth holding a smaller vase or pitcher filled with drooping pink peonies. The composition of the painting is formal, but the flowers themselves have a natural quality that reflects M...
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