The Full Blown Rose

Charles Courtney Curran (American, 1861-1942) - The Full Blown Rose, 1924 (Oil on canvas laid down on board) - - According to Charles Curran’s record book, this work was executed in his New York studio at 39 West 67th Street in December 1924. The young woman depicted was one of his favorite models, Ruth Jeffrey. Curran used Ruth Jeffrey as his model for a number of years and she appears in many of his well known paintings.

 

Edmund Charles Tarbell - Margaret Under the Elms

Edmund Charles Tarbell (American, 1862-1938) - Margaret Under the Elms, c.1895 (Oil on canvas) - - Margaret Ruth Upham, an elegant young woman in a white dress, is painted standing beneath a group of elm trees, basking in the brilliance of the day’s sun. Her head is slightly turned towards the viewer, and her arms hang down by her sides. Margaret Under the Elms superbly demonstrates Tarbell’s fresh and original approach to plein air painting. A rich mix of color, textures and light, the work demonstrates Tarbell’s early mastery of Impressionist techniques.
 

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Nu au divan rouge - Nude on Red Sofa

Émilie Charmy (French, 1878-1974): Nu au divan rouge (Nude on Red Sofa), 1925 - Émilie  Charmy charted a  remarkable  course  in  the  world  of  French modern art in the first half of the twentieth century… Fauve painters defined Charmy’s art… Afterward, her mature style was characterized both by an adherence to the traditional genres  of portraiture,  the  nude,  landscape,  and  still  life,  and a  modernist  notion  of direct, vigorous paint application as a mark of artistic sincerity. This attitude found its ultimate expression in Charmy’s numerous renderings of the female nude which, by  virtue  of  their  intense  sensuality,  confounded  prevailing  expectations  about  the  nature of women’s art…