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Object Name
Oil Painting - "Putnam Phalanx"
Object Number
2012-45-1
Description
Small detail oil on canvas painting of "Putnam Phalanx on Litchfield Green." the work was painted from a photograph of the Putnam Phalanx that was taken by W.N. Copley on August 2, 1920, the State Day of the Litchfield Bicentennial. Seen in the painting are lines of men in blue uniform marching with swords and rifles.
Comment
Adelaide Deming was an artist and educator working largely in New York, although she kept a residence in Litchfield. She studied at the Art Students League and with artists like William Merritt Chase. She taught at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn from 1902 to 1910. Deming was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Paint and Clay Club of New Haven, the Kent Art Association, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the American Watercolor Society.
Category
Date Made
ca1920
Dimensions
Framed Height 18", Width 14 1/4"
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