Death Leading Hell’s Army.
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This oil painting by American artist Susan Watkins depicts a seated young woman with very fair skin wearing a historical outfit intended to convey the year 1830. It features an elaborate white bonnet with large black feathers, which ties underneath her chin with a teal-green bow. Her pinkish-white dress is covered by a gauzy wrap; around her right wrist a red and black handbag hangs next to the chair. She holds a parasol (only the handle is visible) with her left hand. Watkins emerged from her study with Raphael Collin as a gifted interpreter of the human form, and in 1899 she began to exhibit figure pieces-both portraits and scenes of everyday life-at the Paris Salon. Among the most successful of these early works was “The 1830 Girl,” which won a third-class gold medal at the 1901 Salon. Wearing the elaborately feathered bonnet and gauzy evening wrap fashionable during the 1830-1848 reign of King Louis Philippe, the subject here reflects Watkins' early interest in "historical portraiture" with romantic, fancy-dress images that nostalgically evoke an earlier age. The painting also reveals her gifts as a colorist. The sitter's pale flesh and gown — a medley of cream and ivory hues brushed with pink and green — are dramatically set against a dark background. “The 1830 Girl” secured Watkins' reputation in Paris and the United States, where it went on to win a silver medal in Saint Louis at the 1904 Universal Exposition Commemorating the Acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase.

The 1830 Girl (Portrait of Miss M. P. in Louis Philippe Costume) by Susan Watkins (American) - Oil on canvas / 1900 - Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, Virginia) #womeninart #art #portrait #artwork #SusanWatkins #womanartist #womensart #oilpainting #portraitofawoman #americanart #ChryslerMuseumofArt

“The Beach at Villerville at Sunset.” Charles-François Daubigny (French; 1817–1878). Oil on canvas, 1873. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.

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