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Artist:
Peggy Bacon, 2 May 1895 - 4 Jan 1987  Search this
Sitter:
Peggy Bacon, 2 May 1895 - 4 Jan 1987  Search this
Mabel Dwight, 1876 - 1955  Search this
George Overbury Hart, 10 May 1868 - 9 Sep 1933  Search this
Anne Peck, 1884 - 1976  Search this
Reginald Marsh, 14 Mar 1898 - 3 Jul 1954  Search this
Medium:
Drypoint on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 14.9 × 22.7 cm (5 7/8 × 8 15/16")
Sheet: 28.5 × 43.5 cm (11 1/4 × 17 1/8")
Type:
Print
Date:
1925
Exhibition Label:
Peggy Bacon’s keenly observed, witty images capture the camaraderie of artists’ communities in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s. In this print, she represents the “frenzied effort” of art students packed into a claustrophobic sketching class at the Whitney Studio Club on West Fourth Street. Established in 1918 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the Club provided artists with exhibition space, a library, and the opportunity to sketch from live models. Whereas traditional art schools and academies segregated women and men, at the Whitney they worked side by side as equals. Among the identifi able caricatures are Mabel Dwight (1876–1955) in a large hat (seated, left) and the balding, rotund Reginald Marsh (1898–1954; top left center). Bacon’s diminutive figure is tucked discretely behind Marsh. As a communal gathering place where artists could share their work and exchange ideas, the Whitney Studio Club helped accelerate modern art trends.
Las perspicaces imágenes de Peggy Bacon, fruto de aguda observación, plasman la camaradería en las comunidades artísticas de la ciudad de Nueva York durante las décadas de 1920 y 1930. Este grabado capta el “esfuerzo febril” de los estudiantes apiñados en una clase de dibujo en el Whitney Studio Club de la Calle 4 oeste. Establecido en 1918 por Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, el Club ofrecía espacio para exposiciones, una biblioteca y la oportunidad de dibujar con modelos vivos. Mientras las escuelas de arte tradicionales sepa raban a hombres y mujeres, en el Whitney traba jaban juntos como iguales. Entre las caricaturas identificables están Mabel Dwight (1876–1955) con sombrero (sentada, izq.) y Reginald Marsh (1898– 1954), grueso y medio calvo (arriba a la izq., centro). La diminuta figura de Bacon aparece discretamente detrás de Marsh. Como espacio donde los artistas podían compartir su trabajo e intercambiar ideas, el Whitney Studio Club contribuyó a impulsar las co rrientes del arte moderno.
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this
Artwork  Search this
Equipment\Smoking Implements\Pipe  Search this
Interior\Studio\Art  Search this
Self-portrait  Search this
Mabel Dwight: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Mabel Dwight: Female  Search this
Reginald Marsh: Male  Search this
Reginald Marsh: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Etcher  Search this
Reginald Marsh: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Reginald Marsh: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator  Search this
Reginald Marsh: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Lithographer  Search this
George Overbury Hart: Male  Search this
George Overbury Hart: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Etcher  Search this
George Overbury Hart: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
George Overbury Hart: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Female  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker\Etcher  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Literature\Writer  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Visual Arts\Artist\Caricaturist  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator  Search this
Peggy Bacon: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this
Anne Peck: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this
Anne Peck: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Ruth Bowman and Harry Kahn Twentieth-Century American Self-Portrait Collection
Object number:
NPG.2002.194
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4131ba625-c322-4931-9217-5dbe1404aa2b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2002.194