Artist

Theodora W. Thayer

Portrait of Theodora W. Thayer
Portrait of Theodora W. Thayer

American, 1868–1905

Theodora W. Thayer was an American American Impressionism painter. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them watercolors.

Theodora Thayer (1868-1905) was an American painter best known for her miniatures. She studied with Joseph DeCamp in Boston. Thayer taught at the New York School of Art and the Art Students League and was a founding member of the American Society of Miniature Painters. “Her fine portrait of Bliss Carman is considered one of the memorable achievements in American miniature painting.”

Works by Theodora W. Thayer

Collections represented

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