Mère et l'enfant apres W. Bouguereau (Hubbell)

Mère et l'enfant apres W. Bouguereau (English name: "Mother and Child after W. Bouguereau") is an oil painting on canvas by Henry Salem Hubbell, completed in 1898, and is his earliest known work.[1] Hubbell had moved to Paris, France to study painting at the Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and Jean-Paul Laurens.[2] He painted and exhibited Mother and Child before leaving to study with James Abbott McNeill Whistler at the Académie Carmen,[3][4] and it is painted in the style of Bouguereau,[5][6] featuring smooth, barely visible brushstrokes and lifelike imagery.[7] It also features a female subject, head to toe, dressed in flowing clothes, which would become a staple of his style in the years to come.[8][9]

Mother and Child after W. Bouguereau
ArtistHenry Salem Hubbell
Year1898
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions82.55 cm × 55.88 cm (32.50 in × 22.00 in)

References
  1. Charles H. Caffin, "Some New American Painters in Paris," Harper's New Monthly Magazine (January, 1909) p. 118
  2. Dearinger, David Bernard; Design (U.S.), National Academy of (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925. Hudson Hills. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
  3. Whistler, James McNeill (1911). Oils, water colors, pastels & drawings by James McNeill Whistler. Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. doi:10.5479/sil.669444.39088011604105.
  4. "Henry Salem Hubbell; article by Jay Williams". tfaoi.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  5. McKissick Museum Staff. “The Paintings of Henry Salem Hubbell: An Elegance Rediscovered,” Under the Dome, (Charleston: University of South Carolina, July, 1998)
  6. Hindman, Leslie. American and European Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, (Chicago, LH 2011) p. 126
  7. "Guide to the Henry Salem Hubbell papers, 1800-1975". rmc.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  8. William H. Gerdts, American Impressionism, (New York: Abbeville Press, 1984)
  9. Bishop, Philip E. "Hubbell Works Make a Nice Impression". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
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