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Source Description
In the 1850s, Thom trained in New York at the National Academy of Design and also with the landscape painter George Inness. In 1859 he traveled to France where he studied under Thomas Couture and Pierre Edouard Frère. From 1860 to 1866, Thom worked with Frère in Ecouen. Subsequently, from 1866 through 1873, Thom pursued a successful career in London, specializing in rural genre subjects, he returned to the United States in 1873, settling initially in New York City and later in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.William T. Walters compiled an album of drawings on the subject of prayer, which may have included this watercolor.
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Document identity
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30408
label
Woodcutter Kneeling before a Forest Shrine
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obj
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drawing
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3
Source metadata
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30408
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Woodcutter Kneeling before a Forest Shrine
description
In the 1850s, Thom trained in New York at the National Academy of Design and also with the landscape painter George Inness. In 1859 he traveled to France where he studied under Thomas Couture and Pierre Edouard Frère. From 1860 to 1866, Thom worked with Frère in Ecouen. Subsequently, from 1866 through 1873, Thom pursued a successful career in London, specializing in rural genre subjects, he returned to the United States in 1873, settling initially in New York City and later in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.William T. Walters compiled an album of drawings on the subject of prayer, which may have included this watercolor.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1865
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.5
height
19.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/4 x W: 7 11/16 in. (23.5 x 19.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed] lower right: J.C. Thom
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
1949
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
187
2944
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