Mrs. Atkinson | |
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Artist |
Gwen John
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Year | c. 1897 |
Medium | Oil paint, panel |
Dimensions | 30.5 cm (12.0 in) × 31.1 cm (12.2 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 1979.135.27
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Identifiers | The Met object ID: 481922 |
Mrs. Atkinson is a painting (portrait) by Gwen John. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]
The work depicts John's cleaning woman, Mrs. Atkinson, sitting in a room covered with flocked wallpaper. [2] There is a sheep skull on the mantelpiece, though this is not thought to have symbolic meaning. [3]
Simon Schama writes that she is "glancing anxiously sideways, uncertain of what is wanted of her." [2] The painting was exhibited at the New English Art Club in the spring of 1900, marking a strong phase of her career that also saw her Self-portrait on display there about that time. [3] It is considered among the "carefully executed tonal paintings of rather detailed genre subjects" in her first mature oil works. [4]
Mrs. Atkinson | |
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Artist |
Gwen John
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Year | c. 1897 |
Medium | Oil paint, panel |
Dimensions | 30.5 cm (12.0 in) × 31.1 cm (12.2 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 1979.135.27
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Identifiers | The Met object ID: 481922 |
Mrs. Atkinson is a painting (portrait) by Gwen John. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]
The work depicts John's cleaning woman, Mrs. Atkinson, sitting in a room covered with flocked wallpaper. [2] There is a sheep skull on the mantelpiece, though this is not thought to have symbolic meaning. [3]
Simon Schama writes that she is "glancing anxiously sideways, uncertain of what is wanted of her." [2] The painting was exhibited at the New English Art Club in the spring of 1900, marking a strong phase of her career that also saw her Self-portrait on display there about that time. [3] It is considered among the "carefully executed tonal paintings of rather detailed genre subjects" in her first mature oil works. [4]