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Verso Stories: Supporting Actors

Recto and Verso The stories behind 19th century American portraits on this blog have so far spoken to the lives of people on the front of the canvas.  The front of an artwork is referred to formally as “recto.” Verso” is the term for the back.  The back of a painting is literally a support system. Beginning with this blog, …

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For Mother’s Day
Elizabeth Nourse, A Mother, 1888
Cincinnati Art Museum 2003.93

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For Mothers Day
Elizabeth Nourse, A Mother, 1888
Cincinnati Art Museum 2003.93
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I am so excited. For months I have been writing stories behind portraits, keeping the portrait, artist and owner confidential. For an illustration in the latest book, I get to use one of my favorite portraits, The Concert Singer, 1900-1902, by one of my favorite 19th century American portrait artists, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916). The subject, Weda Cook, was a descendant by marriage of the book subject.
As written in the description by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cook "recalled that Eakins would have her repeatedly sing the same phrase–from a Felix Mendelssohn composition–as he watched the action of her mouth and throat. The artist carved the opening bars of that song into the frame of the picture."
For a better view of this fabulous painting, see on the website of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, philamuseum.org/collection/object/42499

Thomas Eakins, The Concert Singer, 1890-1892
Oil on Canvas, 6 feet 3 1/8 inches × 54 1/4 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929, 1929-184-19
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I am so excited. For months I have been writing stories behind portraits, keeping the portrait, artist and owner confidential. For an illustration in the latest book, I get to use one of my favorite portraits, The Concert Singer, 1900-1902, by one of my favorite 19th century American portrait artists, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916). The subject, Weda Cook, was a descendant by marriage of the book subject. 
As written in the description by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cook recalled that Eakins would have her repeatedly sing the same phrase--from a Felix Mendelssohn composition--as he watched the action of her mouth and throat. The artist carved the opening bars of that song into the frame of the picture.
For a better view of this fabulous painting, see on the website of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/42499

Thomas Eakins, The Concert Singer, 1890-1892 
Oil on Canvas, 6 feet 3 1/8 inches × 54 1/4 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929, 1929-184-19
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The amount of "100% of buyer’s premium & vendor’s commission to the Ukranian Red Cross" by Phillips Auction House in London was 5.8 million pounds.
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The amount of 100% of buyers premium & vendors commission to the Ukranian Red Cross by Phillips Auction House in London was 5.8 million pounds.
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On President’s Day, here is my favorite portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

William Morris Hunt, Abraham Lincoln, 1865
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 19.9
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On Presidents Day, here is my favorite portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

William Morris Hunt, Abraham Lincoln, 1865 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 19.9
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A portrait of 19th century American sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Haitian-Native American she spent most of her life in Italy creating sculptures that appealed to white people. But she, as the Smithsonian recently wrote, she broke through the marble ceiling.
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USPS issuing Edmonia Lewis Black Heritage Forever stamp Jan. 26 – Newsroom – About.usps.com

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The 45th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Edmonia Lewis, the first African American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition.

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