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Object Name
Oil Painting - "North Shore, Long Island"
Object Number
2017-29-1
Description
Oil on canvas painting of a landscape scene. Field of green, purple, yellow, and pink in foreground with three thin threes; additional trees and a row of hedges behind, with small ponds or lakes and a cluster of buildings in the background. Sky of white and blue. Canvas set in simple gilt wood frame. Frame mounted to fabric-covered board, with about 3" visible on all sides. Back of board is left bare, with paper label affixed at bottom, "'North Shore, Long Island'/(Near Port Jefferson)/Artist: Adelaide Deming/Litchfield, Conn."
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
1900-1920
Dimensions
Artwork and frame length 14.75", width 10.875"; overall length 20.75", width 16.75"
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