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Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862). A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown Medium pencil and watercolor Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm. Professionalism and Amateurism. were expressed and defined through - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown
Medium pencil and watercolor
Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm.
Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862)
Professionalism and Amateurism
were expressed and defined through
Media, Form, Genre, and Subject Matter
What were the hierarchies…?
hierarchy of genres
• history painting
• genre painting (petit genre)
• portraits
(and self-portraits)
• landscapes
• still-lifes
Eugene Delacroix,
Liberty Leading the People, 1830
A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown
Medium pencil and watercolor
Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm.
Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862)
Amateur Artists
“Young ladies should be taught that usefulness is happiness and that all other things are but incidental.”
Lydia Marie Child, The American Frugal Housewife, 1832
A view taken from the artist's bedroom window at the rectory, Charmouth, Dorset, date unknown
Medium pencil and watercolor
Size 8 x 6.3 in. / 20.3 x 15.9 cm.
Diana Sperling (British, 1791-1862)
“Mrs. Hurst dancing. Sept. 17 1816.”
“Walking through the mud: Nov. 2nd, 1816, Tickford – Dinner waiting at a neighbor’s house”
Diana Sperling
Lady Gordon (née Julia Isabella Levina Bennet, British, 1775-1867)
In the garden of the Château de Wilmont on the Meuse (1829)
Three Angel Heads15 15/16 x 12 15/16 in., Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite pencil on paper
“Angels now are hovering round us
Unprocev’d they mix the throng
Wondering at the love that crowned us
Glad to joyn the holy song”
Professional artists (artisans?)
Decorative or Applied Arts:
Media, forms and genres associated with consumerism, popular culture, and decoration
• Ceramics• Textiles/embroidery• Illustrations
The Mississippi in Time of Peace, 1865
The Mississippi in Time of War, 1862
Fanny Palmer (American 1812–1876)
Produced for: Currier and Ives, Lithographic Firm
Fanny Palmer, Yosemite Valley-California. 'The Bridal Veil' Fall, Currier & Ives, 1866. 17 1/2 x 25 5/8 in.
Professional artists
Decorative or Illustrative Arts
Vs.
Fine or High Art
• Oil painting
• Sculpture
Sarah Miriam Peale [1800-1885]
Margaretta Angelica Peale [1795-1882]
James Peale (younger brother to Charles)
Had 6 children, 3 of whom became professional artists:
Charles Wilson Peale
Had 17 children, several of whom became professional artists.
Anna Claypoole Peale [1791-1878]
Lilly Martin Spencer, We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian), 1869, 72 x 53 3/4 in.
Sarah Miriam Peale, Portrait of Mrs. William Crane,1840
hierarchy of genres
• history painting
• genre painting (petit genre)
• portraits
• landscapes
• still-lifes
Death Of Cenchirias, Son Of Neptune, Oil on canvas, 81 1/4 x 100 1/8 inches
Sophie Rude [French, 1797-1867]