1891
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Mary Holland Bacher is a 1891 unspecified by Otto Henry Bacher, a American Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a woman holding a tennis racket. She's dressed in clothing from the late 1800s. This portrait is interesting because it shows a woman playing sports, which was not common back then. The woman in the painting is the artist's wife, and the portrait reflects the style he learned in Paris. Check out the museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Bacher was the first artist from Cleveland to achieve international renown, and this portrait of his wife exemplifies the Impressionist style he adopted after studying in Paris during the late 1880s. The painting’s unusual subject testifies to the emergence of tennis as one of the few sports of the era in which women could participate without being considered inappropriately masculine or uncouth.
As a child, Otto Bacher liked to sketch shipping activities around Cleveland's port.
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Otto Henry Bacher (May 31, 1856, Cleveland - August 16, 1909, Bronxville, New York) was an American artist; primarily known for his etchings and illustrations. He also painted oils in a variety of genres.
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