The Blue Feather
1917
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Artist
William J. Edmondson
William J. Edmondson (1868–1966) was an American artist, born in Norwalk.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Blue Feather is a 1917 unspecified by William J. Edmondson, a American Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a woman with a blue feather in her hat. She looks calm and confident. The artist painted what he saw, without trying to show the person's inner feelings. The woman in the painting was a student of the artist. She often modeled for him. To learn more, look up the museum where this painting is held, The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Throughout his long career, Edmondson stubbornly resisted modernist styles and proudly proclaimed himself a traditionalist. He felt that artists should paint what they see, and once declared, "When painting a portrait, I do not indulge in this ‘painting of the soul’ stuff. When some artists fail to get a likeness of a person they say they have not tried to paint him, but have painted his soul." The sitter in The Blue Feather was Edmondson's student, Caroline Mytinger, who often modeled for him. Later a portraitist in her own right, she traveled to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands to record…
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William J. Edmondson (1868–1966) was an American artist, born in Norwalk.
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