Woman in Black: Portrait of Maria Oakey Dewing (1887). Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851-193
Woman in Black: Portrait of Maria Oakey Dewing (1887). Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851-1938). Oil on panel.A noted painter in her own right, Maria Oakey Dewing was a talented woman of strong character–qualities suggested by the aristocratic tilt of her head and her erect posture. Dewing’s primary emphasis in this painting, however, is upon the decorative line of his wife’s figure. Dewing employed subtle color harmonies and fine gradations of related tones, framing a black dress against a brown ground. -- source link
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