Mother and Child

1902

George de Forest Brush

Painter, American, 1854 or 1855 - 1941

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[1] sold 21 February 1902 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] See M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Sales Book 8, 1900 November-1907 April, page 84.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1906

  • Winter Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, no. 322.

1909

  • 104th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 31 January - 14 March 1909, no. 556.

1922

  • Probably De Forest Brush Exhibit, Century Club, New York, March 1922, no. 10.[1]

1930

  • Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by George de Forest Brush, N.A., Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 7-18 January 1930, no. 6.

1963

  • A Century and a Half of American Painting: Selections from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, 3 April - 13 May 1963, no. 27.

  • The Romantic Century, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 22 June - 9 September 1963.

1976

  • "The New Vision" American Styles of 1876-1910, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida; Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, 1976, unnumbered checklist.

1985

  • George de Forest Brush, 1855-1941: Master of the American Renaissance, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, 13 November 1985 - 6 July 1986, no. 43, repro.

2002

  • Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873–1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 13 July - 27 August 2002, unpublished checklist.

2004

  • Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 61.

Bibliography

1903

  • Moser, James Henry. "Art Topics." Washington Post (19 April 1903): TP2.

1904

  • Mechlin, Leila. "A Popular Gallery of Art: The Corcoran Collection in Washington." The Booklovers Magazine 4, no. 1 (July 1904): 32-33, repro.

1905

  • Isham, Samuel. The History of American Painting. New York, 1905: 490, repro.

1906

  • "Winter Academy Exhibition." American Art News 5, no. 10 (22 December 1906): 4.

  • "The Academy's Exhibition." New York Evening Post (22 December 1906): 2.

  • "Great Crowd at Academy Art Show." New York Herald (22 December 1906): 10.

  • "Academy of Design Exhibit Opened." The World (23 December 1906): 2.

  • Gilder, The. "Palette and Brush: The Winter Exhibition of the National Academy of Design." Town Topics (27 December 1906): 13.

  • "The Winter Academy." Evening Post (28 December 1906): 7.

  • "Art Exhibitions." New York Daily Tribune (29 December 1906): 7.

  • "The Winter Academy." The New York Times (30 December 1906): 18.

  • "Facts about the Corcoran Gallery." New York Herald (23 December 1906): Arts section, 3.

1907

  • P., D. C. "The National Academy of Design." Collector and Art Critic (January 1907): 99-100, repro.

  • "A National Centre for Art." New York Herald (6 October 1907): Literary and Art Section, 3, repro.

  • Arensberg, Walter C. "The National Academy of Design." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 10, no. 47 (February 1907): 336.

  • Fitzgerald, Riter. "National Gallery: Smithsonian Institute Pictures." Evening Item (26 October 1907): 5.

1908

  • Smith, Minna C. "George de Forest Brush." International Studio 34, no. 134 (April 1908): L, repro.

1909

  • "Art Works on View: Corcoran Gallery Reopens Two Weeks Ahead of Time." The Washington Post (16 September 1909): 11.

1910

  • Art and Progress 1, no. 5 (March 1910): frontispiece, repro.

1912

  • Henderson, Helen W. The Art Treasures of Washington. Boston, 1912: 142, 144, repro.

1914

  • Tindall, William. Standard History of the City of Washington from a Study of the Original Sources. Knoxville, 1914: 485.

1920

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Corcoran Gallery of Art Catalogue of Paintings. Washington, 1920: 21, 23, repro.

1922

  • Cortissoz, Royal. "His Art at Full Length for the First Time." New York Tribune (12 March 1922): 4:8, repro.

1926

  • Drake, Alice Hutchins. "Christmas Pilgrimage May Be Made By Washington Art Lovers." The Sunday Star (19 December 1926): section 5:3, repro.

1927

  • Isham, Samuel. The History of American Painting. New Edition. New York, 1927: 490, repro.

1936

  • Mechlin, Leila. "Rich Art in Child: George de Forest Brush Won His Place Among Successful Painters With Home Beauty and Indian Love." Evening Star (5 September 1936): B-3, repro.

1939

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. lllustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and other Art Objects. Washington, 1939: 31, repro.

1941

  • "George de Forest Brush's Death Recalls Fine Works." Washington Star (4 May 1941): F:6, repro.

1973

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 21, repro.

1989

  • Lublin, Mary Ann. "The Religion of maternity: The mother-and-child paintings of George de Forest Brush." Ph.D. diss., Columbia University (1989): 57-58, 61, 67, 129, 179, 180, 191, 203, 209, 221, 226, 264-264, 335, repro.

2000

  • Cash, Sarah, with Terrie Sultan. American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. New York, 2000: 131, repro.

2002

  • Lee, Elizabeth Lightfoot. "White Fantasies: Dirt, Desire, and Art in Late Nineteenth-Century America." Ph.D. diss., Indiana University (April 2002): 104, 242, repro.

2008

  • Anderson, Nancy. K. George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum. Washington, D.C., 2008: 210, repro.

2011

  • Napolitano, Laura Groves. "George de Forest Brush, Mother and Child." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 186-187, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Geo De Forest Brush / 1902

Wikidata ID

Q46632353


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