Warming the Hands at Play
1877
19th Century
7 1/4 x 10 in. (18.4 x 25.4 cm)
George Bacon Wood Jr.,
American,
(1832–1910)
Object Type:
DRAWINGS
Creation Place:
North America
Medium and Support:
Watercolor
Credit Line:
Purchased with finds provided by Helen Siegl
Accession Number:
89-D-337
Label from American Originals: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, La Salle University Art Museum, December 16, 2015 through March 4, 2016:
Wood was a Quaker painter who lived and worked primarily in the Germantown area of Philadelphia. From the 1860s onwards, he also spent summers in the Adirondacks near Elizabethtown, New York. He studied and exhibited at PAFA and the National Academy of Design. Like many of his colleagues, he was influenced by the writings of English artist John Ruskin, who promoted life studies of nature. Wood was a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, and he became known for his landscapes and genre paintings, such as this watercolor rendering of children warming their hands near a wood-burning stove.
Current Location:
In Storage
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