Young Woman in Black
1902
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
About the artist
Artist
Robert Henri
Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher.
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oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
Young Woman in Black is a 1902 oil by Robert Henri, a American Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows a young woman wearing black clothes. She looks calm and quiet. The artist used simple colors to focus on her face. The woman's expression is subtle, and her eyes seem to be looking downward, which adds to the quiet mood of the painting. To learn more about the style used in this work, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
The artist, New York, 1902; sold to the Friends of American Art [Friends of American Art ledger book, Feb. 9, 1911; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition , Jan. 19–Feb. 28, 1903, cat. 88, as Portrait . Cincinnati Museum, Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Art , May 23–July 6, 1903, cat. 32, as Portrait . Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, Eighth Annual Exhibition , Nov. 5, 1903–Jan. 1, 1904, cat. 72. Saint Louis, The Art Palace, Universal Exposition, Louisiana Purchase Exposition , Apr. 30–Dec. 1, 1904, cat. 276, no. 354 (awarded Silver Medal). Art Institute of Chicago, Municipal Art League of Chicago: Loan Exhibition of Portraits , Jan. 2–22, 1905, cat. 53. Boston Art Club,…
Austin E. Howland, "Eighth Annual Exhibition of Paintings at Pittsburg," Brush and Pencil 13, no. 2 (Nov., 1903): 137-43, 148, 152-53, https://www.jstor.org/stable/25503679 . Carnegie Institute, Catalogue of the Eighth Annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Institute , exh. cat. (Carnegie Institute, 1903), n.p., cat. 72. Cincinnati Museum, The Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Art , exh. cat. (Cincinnati Museum, 1903), 7, 20, cat. 32, as Portrait . Pennsylvania Academy of the the Fine Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition , exh. cat. (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,…
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Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher.
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