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Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862). A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown Medium pencil and watercolor Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm. Professionalism and Amateurism. were expressed and defined through
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Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862) A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown Medium pencil and watercolor Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm.
Professionalism and Amateurism were expressed and defined through Media, Form, Genre, and Subject Matter What were the hierarchies…?
hierarchy of genres • history painting • genre painting (petit genre) • portraits (and self-portraits) • landscapes • still-lifes Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830
Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862) A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown Medium pencil and watercolor Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm.
Amateur Artists “Young ladies should be taught that usefulness is happiness and that all other things are but incidental.” Lydia Marie Child, The American Frugal Housewife, 1832
Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862) A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown Medium pencil and watercolor Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm.
Observation and re-production (mimesis) vs. Thought and original production
Diana Sperling “Mrs. Hurst dancing. Sept. 17 1816.” “Walking through the mud: Nov. 2nd, 1816, Tickford – Dinner waiting at a neighbor’s house”
LadyGordon (née Julia Isabella Levina Bennet, British, 1775-1867) In the garden of the Château de Wilmont on the Meuse (1829)
Mary Ann Willson (American, active 1800–1825) Lovers in a BowerWatercolor and graphite on paper
Three Angel Heads15 15/16 x 12 15/16 in., Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite pencil on paper “Angels now are hovering round us Unprocev’d they mix the throng Wondering at the love that crowned us Glad to joyn the holy song”
Professional artists (artisans?) Decorative or Applied Arts: Media, forms and genres associated with consumerism, popular culture, and decoration • Ceramics • Textiles/embroidery • Illustrations
The Mississippi in Time of War, 1862 Fanny Palmer (American 1812–1876) The Mississippi in Time of Peace, 1865 Produced for: Currier and Ives, Lithographic Firm
American Country Life, May Morning, 1855, 16 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.
Fanny Palmer, Yosemite Valley-California. 'The Bridal Veil' Fall, Currier & Ives, 1866. 17 1/2 x 25 5/8 in.
Professional artists Decorative or Illustrative Arts Vs. Fine or High Art • Oil painting • Sculpture
Sarah Miriam Peale [1800-1885] Charles Wilson Peale Had 17 children, several of whom became professional artists. James Peale (younger brother to Charles) Had 6 children, 3 of whom became professional artists: Anna Claypoole Peale [1791-1878] Margaretta Angelica Peale [1795-1882]
Anna Claypoole Peale Still Life, 1811-1819
Portraits of unidentified women, watercolor on ivory, c. 1818, approx. 3 x 2 1/2 in.
Portrait of Andrew Jackson, 1819, Watercolor on Ivory, 3 x 2 1/2 in.
Margaretta Angelica Peale Still-Life with Watermelon and Peaches, 1828
Catalogue: A Deception (after Raphaelle Peale), 1813, oil on board, 9 x 12.5 in.
Sarah Miriam Peale Portrait of Mrs. William Crane, 1840
Lilly Martin Spencer, We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian),1869, 72 x 53 3/4 in. Sarah Miriam Peale, Portrait of Mrs. William Crane, 1840
Lilly Martin Spencer We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian),1869, 72 x 53 3/4 in.
Young Husband, First Marketing, 1854, 29.5 x 24.75 in. Young Wife, First Stew, 1855
hierarchy of genres • history painting • genre painting (petit genre) • portraits • landscapes • still-lifes
Sophie Rude [French, 1797-1867] Death Of Cenchirias, Son Of Neptune, Oil on canvas, 81 1/4 x 100 1/8 inches