Kronberg Pastel on Canvas, "Dawn" Female Nude
View Similar Items
Louis KronbergKronberg Pastel on Canvas, "Dawn" Female Nude
About the Item
- Creator:Louis Kronberg (1872 - 1965, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:The painting is pastel on canvas attached to the original four member strainer.
- Gallery Location:Washington, DC
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU123824580582
Louis Kronberg
Louis Kronberg was a prolific painter, who was renowned for his oil and pastel portraits of ballet and Spanish flamenco dancers. His nudes were as notorious, but often pieces such as this one were even more beautifully rendered. Born in Boston, Kronberg began his formal artistic training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where he studied with the highly regarded painters Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Benson. He continued his studies in New York with William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League. In 1894, Kronberg was awarded a Longfellow traveling scholarship, which enabled him to go to Paris for several years to study at the Académie Julien with Benjamin Constant, Jean Paul Laurens and Raphael Collin. While in Paris, Kronberg was exposed to the bright, expressively painted work of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, which differed from his academic and somewhat dark and subdued style. Furthermore, Kronberg was drawn to a new subject matter — theatrical performers, ballet and flamenco dancers — and the radical compositions of Edgar Degas, with whom he studied the medium of pastel. He was also influenced by the likes of James McNeill Whistler and Japanese woodcuts, which were popular at the time. Kronberg returned from France and settled in his native Boston, where he had a studio in Copley Hall. He frequently exhibited works in the Boston Arts Club and at the Art Institute of Chicago during the first decade of the 20th century. His early works were well received and included portraits, nudes, and paintings depicting ballet dancers and Spanish flamenco dancers. By the 1910s, Kronberg was exhibiting at all of the major venues in the United States including the National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Pan-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. His work combined the formal elements of the Boston School of painting — strong figural presence and a high degree of craftsmanship — with the subject matter and unusual cropping of the Impressionists, and he gained recognition as being “the Degas of America.” Kronberg moved to New York in 1919 and continued to execute scenes of ballet and Spanish flamenco dancers. He frequently traveled to Europe, specifically Paris, for leisure and work. Following the death of the famous art advisor and scholar Bernard Berenson, Kronberg acted as the advisor to Isabella Stewart Gardner, purchasing works for her museum while in Europe. Louis Kronberg received recognition and awards throughout his life, including being elected an associate to the National Academy of Design, as well as later being inducted as a knight in the Legion d’Honneur in 1951. His work is included in numerous museums in the United States and France, notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Later in his life, Kronberg worked almost exclusively in watercolor and pastel; he even funded and organized the outstanding watercolor of the year award for the Art Association, which began at his request in 1949. His pieces reside in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Fine Art and New York Museum of Fine Arts, all in Boston; the Musée d’Orsay, Paris; the Newark Museum of Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia and the San Diego Museum of Art.
- Nude SlumbersBy Antoine CalbetLocated in Pasadena, CACALBET Antoine Born in 1860 (Lot et Garonne). Died in 1944 in Paris. 19th-20th centuries. French Painter of genre, nudes, portraits, draftsman, illustrator. A pupil of Michel, Alex...Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPastel
$2,800 Sale Price20% Off - Nell Blair Walden Blaine "Standing Figure" Pastel Drawing, circa 1967By Nell BlaineLocated in San Francisco, CANell Blair Walden Blaine (1922-1996) "Standing Figure" pastel drawing circa 1967 A Fine original pastel portrait of a standing nude figure by listed artist Nell Blaine. Dimensions ...Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPastel
- "Seated Figure" Nude in Pastel and Color Pencil on PaperBy George WishonLocated in Soquel, CA"Seated Figure" Nude in Pastel and Color Pencil on Paper Beautiful modern figure drawing of a nude woman by Bay Area Artist George Wishon (Ameri...Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Pastel, Color Pencil
- "Standing Figure" Nude in Charcoal and Color Pencil on PaperBy George WishonLocated in Soquel, CA"Standing Figure" Nude in Charcoal and Color Pencil on Paper Beautiful modern figure drawing of a nude woman by Bay Area Artist George Wishon (A...Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Pastel, Color Pencil
- Standing Nude, Pastel, Figure, Illustrator for Vanity Fair and the New YorkerBy William CottonLocated in Wiscasset, MEWilliam Henry Cotton was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1880. He studied painting with Joseph DeCamp and Andreas Anderson at the Cowles Art School in Boston, and then at the Académie Julian in Paris with Jean-Paul Laurens. Cotton was a founder of the National Association of Portrait Painters and a member of the Newport Art Association. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design, New York City; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Saint Louis Art Museum. He was among a number of American artists invited by the government of France to exhibit at the Musée du Luxembourg. After a successful career as a portrait painter, Cotton worked for Vanity Fair from 1931 to 1936 as an illustrator. Eleanor Roosevelt called his drawing of her for Vanity Fair, "her favorite character picture." Beginning in 1932, he was an illustrator for the New Yorker. In 1931 the New York Repertory Company produced a comedy Cotton wrote, "The Bride the Sun Shines On." He also painted mural decorations for New York City theaters...Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPastel
- Late 19th Century pastel by Chantron of bathers by the side of a riverBy Alexandre Jacques ChantronLocated in Petworth, West SussexAlexandre Jacques Chantron (French 1842 – 1918) Baigneuses au bord de la riviere Pastel Signed 'AJ Chantron' (lower right) 24 x 18 in (61 x 45.7)Category
19th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPastel, Paper