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1851 Boston, Massachusetts - 1938 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Tonalist female figure, idealized portrait.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas Dewing became a noted figure painter of idealized women, rendered simply with limited palette in a style primarily associated with Tonalism* in an era when... Read full biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas Dewing became a noted figure painter of idealized women, rendered simply with limited palette in a style primarily associated with Tonalism* in an era when Impressionism* was gaining dominance. Unlike most tonalists who painted landscapes, he adopted that style... Read full biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas Dewing became a noted figure painter of idealized women, rendered simply with limited palette in a style primarily associated with Tonalism* in an era when Impressionism* was gaining dominance. Unlike most tonalists who painted landscapes, he adopted that style to figure work in which one color was dominant and reflective and infused the atmosphere as a whole. Many of his figure works were placed in lush green landscapes, but they are mostly decorative with... Read full biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas Dewing became a noted figure painter of idealized women, rendered simply with limited palette in a style primarily associated with Tonalism* in an era when Impressionism* was gaining dominance. Unlike most tonalists who painted landscapes, he adopted that style to figure work in which one color was dominant and reflective and infused the atmosphere as a whole. Many of his figure works were placed in lush green landscapes, but they are mostly decorative with little identification of specific locale. Dewing was also an accomplished painter of multipaneled screens, many of them decorated with Oriental motif influence. Thomas Dewing was also a muralist, whose major piece in that genre was Commerce and... Read full biography
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Thomas Dewing became a noted figure painter of idealized women, rendered simply with limited palette in a style primarily associated with Tonalism* in an era when Impressionism* was gaining dominance. Unlike most tonalists who painted landscapes, he adopted that style to figure work in which one color was dominant and reflective and infused the atmosphere as a whole. Many of his figure works were placed in lush green landscapes, but they are mostly decorative with little identification of specific locale. Dewing was also an accomplished painter of multipaneled screens, many of them decorated with Oriental motif influence. Thomas Dewing was also a muralist, whose major piece in that genre was Commerce and Agriculture Bringing Wealth to Detroit, installed since 1900, at the Detroit Savings Bank. A large bristlin... Read full biography
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Keywords (67)
Art Method
- •Decorative Art, Decoration Design, Ornamental Arts
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Atmospherics, Dramatic Lighting
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Long Island, New York
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Society of American Artists, New York
- •The Ten/Ten American Painters
Art Teacher
- •Gustave Boulanger
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
- •Otto Grundmann
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Daniel J Terra Collection
- •Isabella Stewart Gardner Collection
- •Jo Ann & Julian Ganz, Jr. Collection
- •Pfeil Collection-Impressionists
- •Susan & Herbert Adler Collection
- •The Marshall Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •Pastel Specialty
- •Studio Building, Boston, Resident
Artist Colony
- •Cornish Art Colony, New Hampshire
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts