Done at the Palette and Chisel?
The above figure painting
by Walter Ufer
was recently de-accessioned
by the Art Institute.
(along with about a dozen
other American paintings and sculptures
from the early 20th C.)
It was dated 1915,
which was when Ufer
was still living in Chicago
and a member of the Palette and Chisel.
And it seems like
more of a general model study
than a personal project.
So isn't it likely that
it was painted
at an open workshop
at the Palette and Chisel Club?
(note: the Indianapolis Museum of Art is deaccesioning
this Walter Ufer as well)
posted by chris miller at 9:06 PM
2 Comments:
It truly looks like a painting life class set up ! So many - many - of these sorts of nudes have been painted and so few end up in museums. Can you think of others?
Good question!
It would have to be the work of a very famous artist and it would have to be a very small museum - or a temporary exhibit.
Since if "painting class set up" is the first thing that comes to the mind of the viewer, the painting is a dismal failure.
The Braude collection of drawings at the AIC a few years ago had a Cezanne drawing that was obviously student work.
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