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Woman in Red

Woman in Red

Artist: Thomas Pollock Anshutz (American, 1851 - 1912)

Date: c. 1905 - 1910
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 34 x 30 1/2 in. (86.4 x 77.5 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Restored through the Adopt-A-Painting Program by Deborah and Kevin Winkler
Object number: 1938.146.1
A student of Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Anshutz continued his studies in Paris with the highly regarded Academic painter Bouguereau. Like Eakins, he was also capable of penetrating psychological insight in his portraits. The intensely realized focus on personality in this painting is indicative of his preoccupation with realism, enhanced by the dramatic coloration of the sitter’s dress. 
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