Judith Smith (Mrs. James Ladson)
Rococo
1767
Gibbes Museum of Art
John Wollaston（1742 – 1775）
Discover John Wollaston: an English Rococo portrait painter active in the American colonies (1742-1775). Admire his elegant, fabric-rich portraits & influence on early American art.
Gibbes Museum of Art（Charleston, United States of America）
Discover American art at Charleston's Gibbes Museum! Explore rotating exhibits & a permanent collection featuring Southern artists, historical portraits, and contemporary works in a Beaux-Arts setting.
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.
この作品について
- 作品名: Judith Smith (Mrs. James Ladson)
- 作家: John Wollaston
- 制作年: 1767
- 形式: Portrait
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- 展示場所: Gibbes Museum of Art
- 主要色: Phthalo Green
- キーワード: subdued lighting art, dark background portrait, portrait of a lady
- 彩度: Monochromatic
- 知覚輝度: deep_shadow
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