Hester and Dimmesdale in the Forest (1908)
George Henry Boughton1908 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1905)
Specifications
- Year
- 1908
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1833–1905
About the artwork
Dated 1908, "Hester and Dimmesdale in the Forest" is an artwork by George Henry Boughton. About the period around 1908: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. It is listed in the Illustration collection. The image is in portrait orientation. Illustration in brief: Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often described as a golden age of book and magazine illustration.
"Hester and Dimmesdale in the Forest" 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, 1833–1905
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