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Thomas Wilmer Dewing American. 1895–1900. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774. Boston-born and Paris-trained Thomas Wilmer Dewing is known as an "artist’s artist," given the lifetime appeal of his refined work to a select audience. In "The Letter," Dewing embraces his favorite theme—a contemplative woman in a genteel environment.
- Woman in a Blue Dress
Artist: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938) Date: ca....
- Lilac Dress
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938) by 1917. Portrait...
- Woman in a Blue Dress
Thomas Wilmer Dewing, The Days, 1886/1887. Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 4, 1851 – November 5, 1938) was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women. He was a founding member of the Ten American Painters and taught at the Art Students League of New ...
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 4, 1851 – November 5, 1938) was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women. He was a founding member of the Ten American Painters and taught at the Art Students League of New York. The Freer Gallery of Art at the ...
- May 4, 1851
- November 5, 1938
Feb 28, 2014 · The afterlife of Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) has been unremarkable for decades but just recently I thought about the artist again. Last year as the finances of the city of Detroit unraveled, bankruptcy advocates demanded the unthinkable: that the collection of the municipally owned Detroit Institute of Art be appraised for possible sale and disbursement.
- Jane Librizzi
In "The Letter," Dewing embraces his favorite theme—a contemplative woman in a genteel environment. The work’s aesthetic quietism has many sources: the intimate interiors of the Dutch Old Master Jan Vermeer; the formal arrangements of Japanese prints; and the simplified pictorial design and limited palette of the American expatriate James ...
Luce Artist Biography. Thomas Wilmer Dewing studied for a time in Paris, then returned home and taught at the newly opened art school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. But he was ambitious and knew that he needed to live in New York to establish himself as a leading artist. He moved in 1880 and on Christmas Day of that year proposed to artist ...
Thomas Dewing was born on May 4, 1851, in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts. As a child he was interested in both drawing and in playing the violin; this early interest in music would later reappear in the themes of many of his paintings. By 1872, after a period of apprenticeship in a lithography shop, Dewing was listing his profession as "artist."
