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Exhibition History“American Primitive Art,” Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Houston, TX, January 6, 1956 – January 29, 1956.
“American Primitive Art,” Brussels International Exhibition, January 1, 1958 – December 31, 1958.
“American Primitive Painting,” Fine Art Patrons of Newport, January 1, 1964 – December 31, 1965.
“Early American Folk Art,” Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, NY, October 31, 1967 – November 28, 1967.
BibliographyLipman, Jean and Alice Winchester. "The Flowering of American Folk Art." NY: Viking Press, 1974, pp. 77-78, 85-87.
Artist
Harriet Moore
Richardson Memorial
Datec. 1817
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSight: 17 3/16 × 23 in. (43.7 × 58.4 cm)
Object numberN0331.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextHarriet Moore was a teacher in the Concord, Massachusetts public school system. During the early 19th century, women painted and embroidered countless scenes honoring departed friends and relatives. They were an expression of the universality of death and a belief in eternal life with a promise of heavenly reunion. Frequently an important part of the curriculum in female seminaries, these mourning pictures derived from late 18th century European and English design sources and typically included grieving figures, funeral urns, and weeping willows.Exhibition History“American Primitive Art,” Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Houston, TX, January 6, 1956 – January 29, 1956.
“American Primitive Art,” Brussels International Exhibition, January 1, 1958 – December 31, 1958.
“American Primitive Painting,” Fine Art Patrons of Newport, January 1, 1964 – December 31, 1965.
“Early American Folk Art,” Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, NY, October 31, 1967 – November 28, 1967.
BibliographyLipman, Jean and Alice Winchester. "The Flowering of American Folk Art." NY: Viking Press, 1974, pp. 77-78, 85-87.
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