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Ezra Atherton
American
Ezra Atherton is an American Romanticism painter. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ezra Atherton might’ve been the quiet neighbor who sketched everyone’s dog in his spare time. He tucked tiny watercolor portraits into ivory like secrets, so small they’d fit in a coat pocket. These weren’t stiff studio photos but quick, warm glimpses of real faces, caught mid-sip or mid-smile.
Hunt down his Portrait of a Gentleman from 1840 and you’ll find a man blinking in sunlight, whiskers and all, like you just walked in on him.
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