Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 11

Margery Austen Ryerson
Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child, Student of Robert Henri

1925

About the Item

Rendered with an alla prima paint application and quick gestural brushstrokes, "Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child" reflects Margery Ryerson's deep knowledge of academic training. Reyerson studied with Robert Henri at The Art Students League. This painting is aesthetically pleasing and communicates a sense of maternal tenderness from a female artist. Margery Ryerson did a book on her former teacher. Henri's philosophical and practical musings were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and published as The Art Spirit (1923), a book that remained in print for several decades. Signed. Lower Left Margery Austen Ryerson (September 15, 1886 - 1989) was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer and watercolorist.Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Biography Ryerson earned her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in English from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, after attending private schools in Morristown. She went on to study under Charles Hawthorne at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York. During the years 1920 through 1940 Ryerson taught in New York settlement houses. There she got the privilege to paint and draw the children in their care. The subjects of these paintings were often the children of the underclass and immigrants. Her artistic technique and subjects gained universal recognition and appealed to many people. Miss Ryerson is most known for her portraits, child genre paintings and etches.Her art frequently shows children or people doing common everyday activities, such as reading, knitting, playing with toys and sleeping. A key element of Ryerson's art that sets her apart from similar artists, is that she tends to portray the children in paintings alone, without the presence of a maternal figure.Margery Ryerson chose to depict children independently in pictures, partly from Robert Henri’s teachings that kids could be the subjects of paintings just as much as adults could. However, it is also because of the environment/ location that she painted in at the beginning of her career. At first she was not involved with families who could afford to pay for a portrait. So that’s when she became exposed to the less privileged children. Then later she sought out independent, self-reliant children.Ryerson has also painted landscapes, city scapes, nudes, and still-life. Achievements The Associated American Artists NYC published a series of her etchings and lithographs. The United Nations has also used Ryerson’s work on greeting cards and stamps. Furthermore her art was included at many exhibitions. These exhibitions include… The Grand Central Art Galleries entitled Herni and Ryerson, the Art Spirit The Paris Salon (1921) The Art Institute of Chicago (1922) The Newark Museum entitled The Eight and Their Influence (1984) The Provincetown Artists’ Association and Museum (2008) Her work is also held in the permanent collections of many institutions including, the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. During her lifetime and artistic career she was represented by Chapellier, Macbeth and Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. Ryerson was also a member of many organizations, including, the National Academy of Design Other organizations Ryerson was associated with include the Allied Artists of America, American Watercolor Society, Audubon Society of Artists, Brooklyn Society of Artists, National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, Society of American Etchers, Washington DC Watercolor Society, and Woodstock Art Association. Writing/editing experience Ryerson was also involved in the creation of two well known art instruction books; Robert Henri’s The Art Spirit and Charles Hawthorne’s Hawthorne on Painting. Ryerson’s class notes and commentary contributed a lot to both books.[8] Ryerson actually proposed the idea of creating a book to Robert Henri. They worked together to edit and complete the book.The Art Spirit is a very influential and popular book in the art community. The Art Spirit has been in publication ever since 1923. Source: Wikipedia
  • Creator:
  • Creation Year:
    1925
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 23.5 in (59.69 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    some uneven varnish and perhaps small previous conservation. Additional canvas has been added to the tacking edge. Work has been cleaned.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU385313631812
More From This SellerView All
  • Portrait of a Young Woman, American Impressionist
    Located in Miami, FL
    Portrait of a young woman in a white blouse in the style of William Merritt Chase. ( American Impressionism). This work was most likely painted from life and is wonderfully painted a...
    Category

    Early 1900s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Spanish Tavern
    By Dean Cornwell
    Located in Miami, FL
    There is no one alive that can paint and draw like Dean Cornwell. How can that be? They do not train artist the way they did. He was Normal Rockwell's ...
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • Hearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French S
    By Everett Shinn
    Located in Miami, FL
    Hearts Unreasoning, by Sarah Bernhardt The First of Six Romances of the French Stage - McCall’s Magazine December 1920 interior illustration. The work is related to Shinn's fam...
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Board, Oil

  • Portrait of a Woman lost in Thought
    By Kenneth Hayes Miller
    Located in Miami, FL
    Signed and dated 1924 upper right Simplified forms, geometricized volumes and restricted color palette characterizes this work. Zabriskie Gallery Label on verso Original period frame Kenneth Hayes Miller taught at the Art Students League from 1911 until 1951. Some of his students were: Reginald Marsh, George Bellows, George Tooker, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Patrick Henry Bruce
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • Lonely Mother and Child in Embrace - Female Illustrator
    Located in Miami, FL
    In this interior illustration for "When the Heart Beats Young" by J.W. Riley, pioneering female illustrator Ethel Franklin Betts creates an intimate statement of mother and child in an embrace. The composition is abstract with patterns that suggest the influence of Asian art—initialed lower right. Work is framed under glass - Oil on board Ethel Franklin Betts Bains (September 6, 1877 – October 9, 1959) was an American illustrator primarily of children's books during the golden age of American illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Betts first gained work illustrating magazines, including St. Nicholas Magazine, McClure's, and Collier's. Beginning in 1904, she was commissioned to illustrate several books, including James Whitcomb Riley's The Raggedy Man, While the Heart Beats Young, and Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess...
    Category

    Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Board

  • Portrait of Bert Lahr as Burlesque Clown - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
    By Walt Kuhn
    Located in Miami, FL
    Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depicted in his comedian's costume which he wears while staring in Jea...
    Category

    1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

You May Also Like
  • Hanna Sketch
    By Ben Fenske
    Located in Sag Harbor, NY
    A stunning full-size portrait of a woman in a pink dress, straw hat, and red sandals. Although Fenske titles this work as only a sketch, we feel it’s a truly mesmerizing and dynamic ...
    Category

    2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • "James" Impressionistic Black & White James Dean Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
    By Cindy Shaoul
    Located in New York, NY
    A stunning depiction of James Dean done in an abstract impressionistic manner with a heavy use of paint and we also can find bold strokes of white, gray and black. Creating a black a...
    Category

    2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Portrait of Robyn Smith (Astair) - 1970's Female Jockey
    By Robert Zirillo
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Colorful and painterly American impressionist portrait of female jockey Robyn Smith Astaire by Robert Zirillo (American, b. 1950), 1972. Signed lower right corner "Zirillo". Presente...
    Category

    1970s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "The Red Dress"
    By Joseph Newman
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Newman (1890 - 1979) Joseph Newman was born in New York City in 1890. He attended the Pratt Institute and the Adelphi College Art School, and served in the U.S. Army during WWW1. After the war, he married and traveled to Europe. He returned to New York in the mid 1920's, and with a group of contemporaries formed The Fifteen Gallery in Manhattan. Newman painted a broad variety of subjects including genre scenes, landscapes, figurative works, and equestrian subjects. He worked in various styles ranging from academic realism to a looser, post-impressionist approach, and is best known for colorful, animated genre scenes painted in and around Rockport Harbor and as far west as Taos, New Mexico. He exhibited frequently at the Brooklyn Museum, The National Academy, The Carnegie Institute, The Whitney and The Society of Independent Artists. He was a member of the L.C. Tiffany Foundation, The Salmagundi Club, Rockport Art Association, and the American Watercolor Society. His work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Newark Museum, the Boston Library...
    Category

    20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Mid Century Portrait of a Clown #5
    By Marjorie May Blake
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Mid century portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower left corner. Unframed. Marjorie May Gulley Blake w...
    Category

    1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Portrait of a Woman (Cher), 1990s Vertical Female Figurative
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Delicate portrait of a woman with flowing hair in soft, feminine tones and neutral background by an unknown artist. Signed "Chris" lower right. Presented in a peach colored painted w...
    Category

    Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

Recently Viewed

View All