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Cypripedium Ladies Slipper (1856)
Rebecca Wistar Morris Nourse1856 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1885)
Specifications
- Year
- 1856
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1793–1885
About the artwork
This page presents "Cypripedium Ladies Slipper" (1856), created by Rebecca Wistar Morris Nourse. About the period around 1856: The first half of the nineteenth century moved from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, which placed emotion, nature, and the sublime at the centre of painting. Landscape gained new prestige through groups such as the Barbizon painters in France and the Hudson River School in the United States, and by mid-century Realism turned to ordinary people and everyday labour. The catalogue places it in Plants & Animals. The format is portrait. Plants & Animals in brief: Images of plants and animals are valued both for the care of their observation and for their decorative appeal. Images of plants and animals run from medieval herbals and bestiaries to the scientific illustration of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
"Cypripedium Ladies Slipper" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
American, 1793-1885
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