The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe)
1899
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1899
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Blue Gown (Portrait of Ethel Coe) is a 1899 unspecified by Martha S. Baker, a American Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a woman wearing a blue gown. She's sitting calmly, looking straight ahead. The interesting thing about this work is that the sitter, Ethel Coe, was a fellow artist and likely one of the painter's former students, which adds a personal touch to the portrait. You can learn more about the artist's style and other works at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Martha S. Baker was best known for painting portrait miniatures on ivory. The sitter in this example was not only a fellow artist, but likely one of her former students. Interestingly, the miniature remained in Baker’s possession at the time of her death and was later gifted by her relatives to the museum.
A handwritten label on the back of this portrait miniature revealed the sitter’s identity.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Martha S. Baker (1871–1911) was an American artist.
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