John Stone

c. 1845

Thomas Skynner

Associated Names
Thomas Skynner

Artist, American, active 1840/1852

The image shows a man in a half-body portrait. He is seated, facing forward, with his torso and hands visible. His left arm rests on a surface. The man has angular features, light-colored eyes, brown hair styled to the side, and wears formal attire. He holds a book in his left hand. The background has a textured gradient with a pillar on the right and abstract greenery on the left.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. Purchased in 1951 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 44. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

1968

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 11.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 222, repro.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 354-355, color repro. 352,

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 337, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20187422

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