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Woman Reading is a 19th-century (portrait painting) by Susan Macdowell Eakins. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1] Woman Reading probably depicts the artist's sister Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton. It is one of Eakins' many portraits of her family members in interior settings. [1]
Marie-Denise Lemoine was born in Paris to Charles Lemoine and Marie-Anne Rouselle. Two of her three sisters, Marie-Victoire Lemoine (1754–1820) and Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou (1755–1812), as well as distant cousin Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet (1767–1832), were all trained as portraitists.
In the late 18th century and early 19th century, neoclassical artists continued the tradition of depicting subjects in the latest fashions, which for women by then, meant diaphanous gowns derived from ancient Greek and Roman clothing styles. The artists used directed light to define texture and the simple roundness of faces and limbs.
Self-Portrait (Kramskoi) Self-Portrait (Chassériau) Self-Portrait at 69 years; Self-Portrait in a Hat; Self-Portrait of the Artist with her Father; Self-Portrait with Palette (Manet) Self-Portrait with the Yellow Christ; The Spanish Singer; Portraits at the Stock Exchange; Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl; Symphony in White, No. 2: The ...
Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation:), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman ...
Between the years 1809 and 1824 she exhibited at the Royal Academy and elsewhere several figure-subjects and portraits, among the latter being in 1816 those of Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet, lord mayor of London, and of her husband. She also practised modelling, exhibiting two busts at the Royal Academy in 1819.
Her oil portraits were quickly sought after by congressmen, diplomats, and other wealthy individuals in the Maryland area. [11] Her portrait work is regarded as stylistically unique due to her usage of detailed furs, lace, and fabrics as well as realistic faces, skin, and hair. [2] Basket of Berries, 1860
Susanna Paine, also known as Susannah and Susan [1] (June 9, 1792 – November 10, 1862), was an American portrait artist in New England in the 19th century. She published poetry, a Christmas hymn, a novel, and an autobiography entitled Roses and Thorns, or Recollections of an Artist.