Love and the Bachelor Maid (1910)
Anna Lea Merritt1910 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1930)
Specifications
- Year
- 1910
- Nationality / school
- American
- Lifespan
- 1844–1930
About the artwork
This page presents "Love and the Bachelor Maid" (1910), created by Anna Lea Merritt. Context for 1910: 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. 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. It is listed in the Mythology collection. The image is in landscape orientation. Mythology, a short history: Mythological painting draws on stories from Greek and Roman myth, and on other traditions such as Norse, Celtic, and Hindu narrative. In European academies, history and mythological subjects ranked highest among painting genres, so they often appear on a large scale and with ambitious compositions.
"Love and the Bachelor Maid" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. 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, 1844–1930
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