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Jonas Holman
Remarkable American Naïve Folk Art Portrait
Oils on Canvas
1836
34" high x 28" wide (framed)
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Jonas W Holman (USA 1805-1873)
Remarkable American Naïve Folk Art Portrait
Depicting a Lady Wearing a Lace Bonnet with Pale Blue Ribbon
Oils on Canvas
Signed and Dated "Boston 1836"
34" high x 28" wide (framed)
Provenance: Albert K Davidson Collection of early American Portraits.
Jonas W. Holman was an American Artist whose work is characterised by simple compositions, clear facial features, and vivid detail. Holman worked as a portrait painter, writer, doctor, and preacher, supporting himself through these vocations as he travelled among Baptist congregations. Holman used props that pointed to the sitters' erudition; he also concentrated on the details of his sitters' costumes, showing women with rings and earrings and men with stickpins fastened to cravats. His surviving portraits, some of which are housed in institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, continue to be studied for their artistic and historical significance.
Remarkable American Naïve Folk Art Portrait
Depicting a Lady Wearing a Lace Bonnet with Pale Blue Ribbon
Oils on Canvas
Signed and Dated "Boston 1836"
34" high x 28" wide (framed)
Provenance: Albert K Davidson Collection of early American Portraits.
Jonas W. Holman was an American Artist whose work is characterised by simple compositions, clear facial features, and vivid detail. Holman worked as a portrait painter, writer, doctor, and preacher, supporting himself through these vocations as he travelled among Baptist congregations. Holman used props that pointed to the sitters' erudition; he also concentrated on the details of his sitters' costumes, showing women with rings and earrings and men with stickpins fastened to cravats. His surviving portraits, some of which are housed in institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, continue to be studied for their artistic and historical significance.
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