02 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, William Wallace Gilchrist's Morning vs Night, with footnotes #201

William Wallace Gilchrist, Jr., American (1879-1926)

Young Lady Reading

Oil on board

14 x 10 3/4

Private collection

Estimated for $7,000 USD - $10,000 USD October 2014

William Wallace Gilchrist, Jr., American, 1879-1926

Nude, 1919

Oil on cradled board

18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)

Villa Flora

Sold for  $5,312.5 USD in March 2020

William Wallace Gilchrist, Jr., American, 1879-1926, gained notoriety as a portrait painter who captured introspective moments of stillness in his subjects. His genre and landscape scenes, too, excelled in creating serene and deeply personal images of his surroundings. Gilchrist commonly used family members as models, capturing the idyllic calm of a home environment. He expressed a deep desire to preserve cherished everyday events for future generations.

Gilchrist, born 1879, was raised in a prominent family in Philadelphia. Showing artistic talent from an early age, Gilchrist excelled in working with watercolors. Gilchrist pursued his formal studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. He then continued his education abroad, with four years spent in Munich, Paris, and London.

He was a member of the Philadelphia Art Club, the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Watercolor Club, and the Salmagundi Club. He was awarded the Third Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1908, followed by a gold medal from the Washington, D.C. Society of Artists in 1914, and a silver medal at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926. His work drew high praise at the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915 in San Francisco, leading to numerous postcards and reproductions. More on William Wallace Gilchrist

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