Portrait of a Lady [Ask Us A Question] Title: Portrait of a Lady, 1900 Artist: John White Alexander (1856-1915) Oil on canvas, 40 X 22" (101.60 X 55.88 cm.) Signed, lower left Description: During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, American art's internationalism and cosmopolitanism, perhaps its most characteristic features, were fostered by a generation of artists who sought foreign training, self-consciously reveling in their art's very lack of "Americanness." Their increased attention to formal issues, with little regard to subject matter, realism, or national expression, contrasted with ante-bellum concerns grounded in native subject matter and narrative. John White Alexander developed and flourished during this period.    Portrait of a Lady was painted during Alexander's expatriate period, during which time decorative figure paintings of women dominated his work. Portrait of a Lady is characterized by a simplification and flattening of form through surface patterning, elegant linear contours, asymmetrical composition, and a restricted, low-keyed palette with a single dominant tone. Influenced by the pervasive example of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, champion of art-for-art's sake, Alexander's painting from the 1890s asserts the decorative potential of figure painting whose primary impulse is aesthetic and formal rather than referential or representational. The generic title of the work and the aversion of the woman's face from the viewer further underscore Alexander's interest in decorative arrangement and design at the expense of verisimilitude, which had been among his primary concerns in male portraiture from the 1880s. This gender distinction-the overtly decorative treatment of female figures emphasizing surface design at the expense of realistic details, in contrast to a depiction of men emphasizing character and physical likeness with only incidental decoration-paralleled internationally current trends. SARAH J. MOORE Media: Genuine 100% Hand Painted Oil Paintings On Canvas. Quality: Museum Quality, Brilliant Oil Painting Creation! This painting is availble in any other size. We just list standard size below. Our Guarantee: Highest Quality & Lowest Price! Note: We do not stretch or frame .... that is best done at your local discount frame store. It will be delivered in a roll tube to protect the quality. Price -99.95 USD Shipping Cost: $29.99 for 1st item, $14.99 for 2nd item. So the more you order, the more you save on Shipping & Handling cost! Ships within 2 weeks Portrait of a Lady - Size (20x24) - 99.95USD Portrait of a Lady - Size (24x36) - 125.95USD Portrait of a Lady - Size (24x48) - 215.95USD Portrait of a Lady - Size (30x40) - 239.95USD Portrait of a Lady - Size (36x48) - 339.95USD Portrait of a Lady - Size (48x72) - 439.95USD The More You Order, The Less You Pay!

Portrait of a Lady

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