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#MARCH of 1902 and the Ashcan School
‘The March Wind’
Robert Henri (1865-1929). Oil canvas. 1902.
#MarchWinds #RobertHenri #AmericanArt #AshcanSchool #landscape
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American artist Robert Henri painted this work in New York in 1916, at a moment when he urged artists to look to the modern city’s working people, immigrants, and performers for subjects with real vitality. The St. Louis Art Museum describes Betalo Rubino as a Spanish dancer living in New York City, and her stance reads as performance and self-definition at once with hands on hips, body angled, eyes direct, as if she controls the terms of the encounter. The full-length portrait shows the woman standing with both hands set firmly on her hips, shoulders squared and face turning back towards the front looking past us. She has light-to-medium skin with warm blush at the cheeks plus dark eyes and thick black hair parted at center with a single curl sweeping across her forehead. A pale, translucent veil covers her head and drapes down her back, softening the edges of her profile. She wears small gold hoop earrings and a sleeveless stage bodice in molten orange, gathered at the waist and cut in a deep V that leaves much of her chest and upper torso uncovered. From the waist, a heavy black skirt falls to the floor in broad, painterly folds, streaked near the hem with quick bands of yellow. Her pointy shoe provides a flash of bright red to punctuate the dark lower half. The background is sweeping green and blue-green brushstrokes, like moving air or stage light. The paint is confident and visible as edges blur, so she feels poised between stillness and the next step with practiced, self-possessed intensity. Henri’s bold palette treats color as drama. A contemporary reviewer wrote that one is struck by the “strength” of his color and “the daring of it.” Henri himself insisted, “What we need is an art that expresses the spirit of the people of today.” Seen through that lens, the veil and costume suggest a role crafted for the stage, while the loose, energetic brushwork keeps her from becoming a fixed stereotype so she remains vivid, individual, and unapologetically present.
“Betalo Rubino, Dramatic Dancer” by Robert Henri (American) - Oil on canvas / 1916 - Saint Louis Art Museum (Missouri) #WomenInArt #RobertHenri #Henri #SaintLouisArtMuseum #SLAM #PortraitofaWoman #Dancer #artText #art #BetaloRubino #AmericanArtist #AmericanArt #OilPainting #StLouisArtMuseum #1910s
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🎨 #RobertHenri, American painter and founding leader of the Ashcan school of #painting, #DOTD 12 July 1929. #Art
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🎨 #RobertHenri, American painter, leader of the Ashcan School of #painting, was #BOTD 24 June 1865. #Art
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In #JUNE 1903
‘Leunkin Bay, June’
Robert Henri (1865-1929). Oil on canvas. 1903.
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American artist Robert Henri made three trips to Santa Fe, New Mexico (in 1916, 1917, and 1922). “Indian Girl of Santa Clara” is one of 10 portraits Henri painted of Gregorita Baca in the fall of 1917. Gregorita was from the Santa Clara Pueblo and attending the St. Catherine's Indian School in Santa Fe, a boarding school, when she agreed to pose for Henri in part so she could be excused from her classes. Henri painted portraits of Tewa youth at a time when many boarding schools sought to assimilate students through Anglo-American language and religion. The young woman’s hair is black, long, and straight, falling past her shoulders. It appears to be thick and glossy. The style is simple and natural, parted in the middle and hanging loosely. Her skin tone is medium brown, with a slightly warm undertone. Her rosy cheeks add a touch of color to her complexion. She has dark eyes, slightly almond-shaped, and a direct gaze, though she is looking intently to her left. Her nose is relatively straight and her mouth is softly closed in a neutral expression, neither smiling nor frowning. Her posture is relaxed, yet she maintains a dignified and composed demeanor — seated with her hands resting gently in her lap. She is dressed in a light pink, long-sleeved top. Over this, she wears a lighter beige shawl with a subtle pattern visible, draped loosely over her shoulders. A yellow-toned sash with a floral pattern is visible at her waist plus a white or light blue skirt. A simple ring is on the ring finger of her left hand. Gregorita married Juan Chavarria who served as Santa Clara's governor eight times over nearly three decades. She was also a great-aunt to Santa Clara Governor Michael Chavarria. She lived to be 102, passing away in 2010 with 13 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren, and 1 infant great-great-great-grandson.
“Indian Girl of Santa Clara” (Gregorita Baca) by Robert Henri (American) - Oil on canvas / 1917 - Phoenix Art Museum (Arizona) #WomenInArt #ArtText #art #RobertHenri #Henri #womensart #oilpainting #portraitofawoman #AmericanArt #AmericanArtist #PhoenixArtMuseum #artoftheday #
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