books0977:Music (c.1895). Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851-1938). Oil on canvas. Smithsonian Ame
books0977:Music (c.1895). Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851-1938). Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum.This work is an example of Dewing’s tonalist paintings, a genre of American art that was rooted in English Aestheticism. Dewing’s preferred vehicle of artistic expression is the refined, aristocratic female figure situated in a moody and dreamlike surrounding. Playing the lute and singing, these sensitively portrayed figures have a detachment from the viewer. -- source link