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Agnes
Tait
American
1894-1981
Fine watercolor
and gouache by important New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico artist
Agnes Tait (1894-1981). The following biography is from the Smithsonian,
where Tait's famous "Skating in Central Park" now hangs:
Agnes
Tait was born in New York City in 1894. She enrolled at the National
Academy of Design in 1908, leaving in 1913 after the death of
her mother. A year later she returned to the academy and took
a life drawing class taught by Leon Kroll, whose emphasis on
craftsmanship and balanced design was a major influence on Tait's
own work. She finished her training at the academy in 1916. In
1927 she traveled to Paris and studied at the École des
Beaux-Arts, where she learned lithography. The following year
she returned to New York, where she had her first exhibition
at the Dudensing Galleries. She traveled to Europe a second time
in the early 1930s and returned via Haiti and Jamaica, which
fostered an interest in tropical scenes. Her first solo exhibition,
of portraits, took place in 1932 at the Ferargil Galleries. In
early 1934 Tait was employed by the Public Works of Art Project,
for which she executed what is considered her most famous work,
Skating in Central Park. Throughout the 1930s Tait worked on
small lithographic editions and mural work. In 1941 she and her
husband moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This 1928 portrait
may have been exhibited in the 1932 Ferargil Galleries exhibit---the
subject and style are consistent with the reviews (quotations
taken from Lydia Pena's The Life and Times of Agnes Tait)
of the show which stated that "Her light fresh color seems
particularly adapted to children's portraits" (The Times)
and "They display charm of color; too, and are especially
sympathetic where children are concerned." (New York
Herald Tribune).
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Child with Sailboat
Watercolor
and Gouache
Signed Middle Right
Dated 1928
19.75" x 13"
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