Iris (Primary Title)
Frank Vincent DuMond, American, 1865 - 1951 (Artist)
DuMond’s vibrant bearded iris appears so fresh and perfect that one could almost reach out and pluck it. A popular teacher of painting at New York’s Art Students League, DuMond instructed some of the most prominent artists of the next generation – among them Georgia O’Keeffe. His precise little iris is a harbinger of O’Keeffe’s flower paintings of the early 20th century (her White Iris hangs in the Modern Era gallery). The academically trained teacher’s keen observation and comprehension of form is echoed in his famous student’s more expressive work.
signed, lower right: "Frank Vincent DuMond"
Gift of Jerome and Rita Gans
Audubon to Warhol: The Art of American Still LIfe, Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 15, 2015 - January 10, 2016
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