Buy the Original Painting
Price
$14,000
Dimensions
20.000 x 24.000 x 2.000 inches
This original painting is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Neighborhood Gallery of Boynton Beach secure checkout system. Please contact the gallery directly to inquire about purchasing this original.
Click here to contact the gallery.
Title
Portrait of a Woman
Artist
Louis Kronberg
Medium
Painting - Oil On Masonite
Description
Kronberg, often referred to as "the American Degas,"was born in Boston on December 20, 1872. He displayed artistic talent in his elementary school years and while he was only fifteen years old, his brother, who had become an impresario, made it possible for Louis to copy portraits of stage and concert celebrities backstage. Louis came to know Ignaz Paderewski, Boris Chaliapin, and other big names. Kronberg eventually became a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where he was influenced by the Tarbell-Benson manner. By October of 1889, Kronberg was in New York where he sought new inspiration at the Art Students League. The Boston Museum School's Longfellow Traveling Scholarship allowed Kronberg to continue his art studies in France. Then in his early twenties, Kronberg sailed for Europe.
Once in Paris (1894-97), Kronberg enrolled in the Académie Julian and he came to know the work of Degas, the basic tenets of impressionism, and the juste-milieu painters. After returning to America, Kronberg participated in various group exhibitions such as the annuals of the Boston Art Club (1891-1907), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1892-1941), the Art Institute of Chicago (1898-1940), and at the National Academy of Design (1911-49). He exhibited pastels in the Paris Salons of 1897-99 and in 1900, he showed a pastel nude study at the Exposition Universelle. By the turn of the century, Kronberg's preference for subjects of the theater was dominant. Contemporary art critic Sadakichi Hartmann (1902, vol. 2, p. 251) pointed out that Kronberg "has a keen eye for movement and footlight effects, and the ability to express them with a brilliancy of color." Kronberg's treatment of the theme became somewhat predictable by 1906 when more than fifty oils, watercolors, drawings, and pastels brought him notable coverage by the press. Kronberg's imagery of dancers is less genteel than most Boston School art in which women appear in their safe, luxurious homes. The stage was, after all, despite the rigorous discipline of a dancer's life, a place for loose, bohemian morality.
The Neighborhood Gallery on Fine Art America is offering this painting in it's original frame which measures 26.5" x 30.75" in height. It is hand signed on the upper left with initials and a star upper right. Additional photos are available upon request. It has been recently appraised and all documentation will be forwarded to the buyer. For more information or to arrange an in person viewing call Richard Beau Lieu at 561-736-8181 or email: beaulieustudios@aol.com
Uploaded
April 5th, 2023
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Portrait of a Woman. Click here to post the first comment.