Judith Smith (Mrs. James Ladson)
Rococo
1767
Gibbes Museum of Art
Johannes Wollaston londoniensis (1742 – 1775)
Découvrez John Wollaston : peintre britannique pionnier du rococo américain (1742-1775). Admirez ses portraits élégants et richement drapés et son influence sur l'art américain précoce.
Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, États-Unis)
Découvrez l'art américain au musée Gibbes de Charleston ! Explorez des expositions temporaires et une collection permanente mettant en valeur les artistes du Sud, les portraits historiques et les œuvres contemporaines dans un cadre Beaux-Arts.
It is presumed that John Wollaston was the son of the noted London portraitist John Wollaston. He was likely trained by his father, though it has also been suggested that he received instruction from Joseph van Acken, a highly successful drapery painter who completed costume and background detail in portraits by leading British Rococo artists, Allan Ramsay and Thomas Hudson. Trained in the English Rococo tradition, Wollaston arrived in America in 1749. For nearly twenty years, he traveled along the Atlantic seaboard introducing this sophisticated style. His skillful costume renderings and graceful portrait poses exerted considerable influence on young American painters. By September 1765, Wollaston had arrived in Charleston. Despite his obvious talent, Wollaston was unable to break the monopoly of patronage that Charleston artist Jeremiah Theus enjoyed and in 1767 he sailed for England.
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Judith Smith (Mrs. James Ladson)
- Artiste: Johannes Wollaston londoniensis
- Année: 1767
- Format: Portrait
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Domaine public
- Où le voir: Gibbes Museum of Art
- Couleur dominante: Phthalo Green
- Mots-clés: subdued lighting art, dark background portrait, portrait of a lady
- Intensité des couleurs: Monochromatic
- Luminosité perçue: deep_shadow
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