The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
Artist with His Palette and Brushes
c. 1855
Image: 8.3 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Case: 9.5 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2002.36
Location: not on view
Description
This unidentified photographer created a disarmingly personal portrait of a painter holding the tools of his craft. Skillfully lit, the composition achieves a surprising amount of spontaneity and animation. The generous natural illumination of the studio clearly defines the volume of the figure. Perhaps to acknowledge the painter's flamboyant personality, the photographer enriched the portrait by adding hand-applied color to the sitter's large bow tie. The elaborately designed fez, placed at a jaunty angle atop the painter's head, suggests his interest in Orientalism, a fashion that fascinated many mid 19th-century artists.- (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY)June 3, 2002The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro Collection of American Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 26-September 10, 2003).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2002.36