The Student

1910

Irving Ramsay Wiles

Associated Names
Irving R. Wiles

Painter, American, 1861 - 1948

This painting shows an upper-body view of a woman painting. She is turned towards us, looking down at a large paint palette smeared with bright colors that she holds in one hand. In her other hand, she holds a long paintbrush. Other paint brushes rest on the palette. The woman has a youthful face, with light skin, rosy cheeks, and dark, curly hair that frames her face and is tied up behind her head. She is wearing a white outfit with a rounded lace collar under a blue jacket with long sleeves. A dark green pendant or brooch is visible at her neckline. In the background, on the left, is a canvas with dark paint that almost blends in with the brown wall behind it.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 9 December 1910 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The Corcoran did not receive the work until 22 January 1911.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1910

  • Third Biennial Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 December 1910 - 22 January 1911, no. 185, repro.

1916

  • Portraits by Irving R. Wiles, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, March-April 1916, no. 14.

1939

  • Loan Exhibition from the Corcoran Gallery of Art: Selected Group of Twenty American Painters, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, March-April 1939, unnumbered checklist.

1967

  • Irving Ramsay Wiles, Chapellier Gallery, New York, November 1967, no. 4, repro.

1971

  • The Art of Irving Ramsay Wiles (1861-1948), Albrecht Gallery, St. Joseph, Missouri, 8 April - 30 May 1971, no. 72.

1988

  • Irving R. Wiles, National Academy of Design, New York; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Fine Arts Center, Nashville, 1988, repro. (shown only in New York).

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2002

  • Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873–1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 13 July - 27 August 2002, unpublished checklist.

2003

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 July 2003 - 18 October 2004, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1910

  • Mechlin, Leila. "Standard Kept Up: Third Biennial Exhibition of the Corcoran Gallery [exh. review]." Evening Star (10 December 1910): 6.

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: 49.

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 325, repro.

Inscriptions

upper left: Irving R. Wiles

Wikidata ID

Q46632945

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