Reading and Art



The Blue Gown (1915).
Robert Spencer (American, 1879-1931).

Spencer was interested in figurative painting, although typically the people he depicted were anonymous members of a crowd rather than familiar individuals.

Toward the end of his life, Spencer also experimented with a looser, more spontaneous style somewhat akin to modernist ideas.





An Afternoon Read.
Louis Charles Verwee (Belgian, 1832-1882).
Oil on canvas.

Verwee learned to paint