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Category Archives: Professional Art Research
Introduction The second of five family portraits in search of an artist was Woman in Red. The owner thought the subject might be Elizabeth (Eliza) Collins Lee (1768-1858). The first step toward learning the name of the artist and the subject was to find … Continue reading
The Mystery of Five Family Portraits: I
Five family portraits of five family members, most from different branches of the same family tree. The owner knew the names of four of the sitters, but not the names of the five artists. Here are the paintings: Two of the artists … Continue reading
A specialist in Gilded Age portraiture suggested the artist of Lilian de Peyster Post Pulsford might be Wilhelm Heinrich Funk. Who? To be absolutely clear, no proof exists that Wilhelm Heinrich Funk was the artist of the portrait of Lilian dePeyster Post Pulsford … Continue reading
The art investigation into the life of Lilian dePeyster Post Pulsford Walker clarified why such a lovely portrait was sent to the auction block as a painting by an unknown artist, but had not revealed the artist. I returned to … Continue reading
Portrait of an Art Investigation – Lilian II
The painting’s subject, Lilian dePeyster Post Pulsford would have been taught that a lady’s name appears in the newspaper twice: her wedding announcement and her obituary. But she shattered the rule when details of her Reno divorce appeared on the front page of the … Continue reading
Portrait of an Art Investigation: Lilian I
For the portrait that led to Jeremiah and Daniel Wadsworth and to the previous blog, John Trumbull’s tender side, the investigation began with the painting itself. Oil on canvas, 22 x 18 inches, the hand of a skillful artist could be seen … Continue reading
John Trumbull’s tender side
A recent portrait investigation led to Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743-1804) and to the intertwined relationships of an art patron and an artist, but most intriguingly, to a re-appreciation of both the influence of the art patron and the work of John Trumbull (1756-1843), especially his … Continue reading