Floral Still Life

View Similar Items

Unknown - Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Geraniums & Jugs

Unknown - 1976 Original Modernist Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Still Life

Wanda Faust - Mid Century Modern Wheat & Fruit Still-Life

Unknown - Mid Century Floral Still Life in Oil on Masonite

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes (Dallam) - Early 20th Century 1920s Spring Floral Still Life

Edward Marecak - Still Life with Masks: Vintage 1980s Semi-Abstract Bold Vibrant Oil Painting

Philippe Auge - Philippe Auge Signed Still Life, 1966

Unknown - 1930 Americana Still Life by Mystery Artist

Michel Patrix - 1940s Abstract Still Life Geometric Modern Oil Painting with Tobacco Pipes

Unknown - Still Life in the Manner of Renoir, Signed Alberti

Unknown - Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Plant Pot & Apples

Franz Kline - Still Life

About the Item

Signed on verso: Mrs. Thomas Eakins Provenance The artist; Walter Pach, gift of the above; Estate of the above; Francis Naumann Fine Art, New York; Private collection, New York, acquired directly from the above, 2023 Susan Macdowell Eakins is best known today as the wife of America's preeminent portraitist, Thomas Eakins. Throughout their marriage her first concern was furthering her husband's career, but she was an accomplished painter and photographer in her own right. Thomas Eakins considered his former student at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts "as good a woman painter as he had ever seen." Susan, the fifth of eight children, grew up in Philadelphia. Her father, William Macdowell, an avowed liberal and freethinker, gave his children considerable freedom and encouragement. A respected engraver, he was in contact with many Philadelphia artists. MacDowell permitted his daughter to set up her studio in the attic, and he and other members of the family posed for her frequently. In 1876, Susan Macdowell first saw Thomas Eakins at the Hazeltine Gallery, where his painting of a surgical operation, The Gross Clinic, was shocking Philadelphia with its bloody realism. She was impressed at once and decided to study with him at the Academy. MacDowell was twenty-five when she enrolled at the Academy in 1876, and she studied there for the next six years. One of Eakins’ finest students, she was the first winner of the Mary Smith prize, as well as a leader of the student body. After her husband's death in 1916, Susan returned to painting, working nearly every day, adding considerably to her oeuvre. Her paintings were made in a style that became warmer, looser, and brighter in tone. This floral still is certainly part of that output. The lively brushwork and wonderful color make this painting a standout example of her work from this period.

Creator:
Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851 - 1938, American)
Creation Year:
c. 1920s
Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
noPrice: $24,500
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Modern
Period:
Early 20th Century
Condition:
All works offered by this seller are in very good to excellent condition. Please contact us for a detailed condition report.
Gallery Location:
Bryn Mawr, PA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2773215038362

More From This Seller

View All

Still Life

By Franz Kline

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Provenance Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist); Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Sale #2326, 27 January 1965, Lot 168; Private Collection (acquired from the abo...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Franz Kline
Still Life, c. 1946

$75,000

Flowers in a Vase

By Joseph Stella

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Provenance The artist; By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946; By descent in the family, until the present Exhibitions Richard York Gallery, New York, 1994, Joseph Stella's N...

Category

20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Joseph Stella
Flowers in a Vase, c. 1930

$15,000

Blue Waterlily

By Joseph Stella

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Born in Italy, Joseph Stella immigrated to New York City at the age of nineteen and went on to become one of America’s foremost modernist painters. He remained deeply loyal to his It...

Category

20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Joseph Stella
Blue Waterlily, c. 1930

$18,500

Pink Flower

By Joseph Stella

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Born in Italy, Joseph Stella immigrated to New York City at the age of nineteen and went on to become one of America’s foremost modernist painters. He remained deeply loyal to his It...

Category

20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Joseph Stella
Pink Flower

$17,500

Still Life with Robert Laurent Sculpture

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Born in New York City, modernist painter Adelaide Lawson Gaylor studied at the Art Students League and with Kenneth Hayes Miller. She was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, and the New York Society of Women Artists. She was married to artist Wood Gaylor...

Category

1920s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Adelaide Lawson Gaylor
Still Life with Robert Laurent Sculpture, c. 1920s

$6,750

Floral Still Life

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Alfred Maurer was born in 1868 in New York City, the son of Louis Maurer, a commercial artist for Currier and Ives. He worked in the family lithographic business as a young man and a...

Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Alfred Maurer
Floral Still Life

$39,500

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Modern Swedish Expressive Still Life Oil Painting - Geraniums & Jugs, 1960s

$958

1976 Original Modernist Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Still Life

Located in Bristol, GB

SUNLIT STILL LIFE Oil on canvas Size: 63 x 54 cm (including frame) A cosy and intimate mid-century still life composition that captures a warmly lit interior scene, executed in oil ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1976 Original Modernist Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Still Life, 1976

$1,130

Mid Century Modern Wheat & Fruit Still-Life

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful mid-century modern oil painting of wheat and fruit by Wanda Faust (American, 20th century), c.1950. Signed lower left corner "Faust." Displayed i...

Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Wanda Faust
Mid Century Modern Wheat & Fruit Still-Life, 1959

$575

Mid Century Floral Still Life in Oil on Masonite

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Floral Still Life in Oil on Masonite Bold still life with flowers and foliage by unknown artist "Rishard" (Richard) (20th Century). Yellow, red, teal, and purple flowers are arranged in a large grey pot...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Floral Still Life in Oil on Masonite, mid 20th Century

$1,150

Early 20th Century 1920s Spring Floral Still Life

Located in Soquel, CA

Elegant floral still life of a beautiful spring bouquet in an antique ivory soup tureen by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes (Dallam) (American, 1875-1933). Exhibition placard on verso signed "Elizabeth Forbes...

Category

1920s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes (Dallam)
Early 20th Century 1920s Spring Floral Still Life, 1925

$3,050

Still Life with Masks: Vintage 1980s Semi-Abstract Bold Vibrant Oil Painting

By Edward Marecak

Located in Denver, CO

This vibrant, semi-abstract still life painting titled "Still Life with Masks" was created by Denver artist Edward Marecak in 1983. Executed in bold oil paint on board, the work refl...

Category