About 1 hour into this oil painting using the Zorn palette. Using the Boston School approach.

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Rose and Blue (1913) - William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) #genrescene #bostonschool

Polly Thayer (Starr) was an American painter and pastel artist. When she was still in her twenties she became known for portraits and figure compositions in the tradition of the Boston School, but took a more Modernist approach after completing her training. She became increasingly interested in conveying the invisible essences of landscape, flowers and living creatures as her career developed, and she was noted for the skilled draftsmanship that provided the substructure of her work. - Wikipedia

May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), a Belgian-American novelist, poet, and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalised with erotic female imagery, she resisted the label of ‘lesbian writer’, preferring to convey the universality of human love.

Polly Thayer Starr (American, 1904 - 2006) • Miss May Sarton (1912-1995) • 1936 • Harvard Art Museums (see ALT text) #painting #PollyThayerStarr #AmericanArtist #art #fineart #arthistory #portrait #womanartist #20thCenturyAmerican #BostonSchool #modernism #MaySarton #WomensHistoryMonth

Hale was regarded as the de facto leader of the "Boston School" of Impressionists. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy's faculty and played a critical role in introducing Impressionism to Philadelphia. "The Crimson Rambler," purchased after its exhibition in the 1909 Pennsylvania Academy annual, is typical of Hale's impressionist style, with its linear treatment of the figure in a freely brushed setting of light and color. Hale's specialization in visions of idle, decorative women of fragile, "floral" beauty has been interpreted as a visual response to his objection to the women's suffrage movement. It was painted at the home Hale shared with his wife, the painter Lilian Westcott Hale, in the Boston suburb of Dedham; the couple's daughter Nancy has identified the sitter as Rose Zeffler.

The Crimson Rambler by Philip Leslie Hale, c. 1908, Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA)

Currently on display at Albuquerque Museum

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