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The White Parasol, Robert Reid, ca. 1907
Robert Reid, portraitRobert ReidAmerican, 1862–1929

The White Parasol

ca. 1907 · Painting · 91.4 × 76.2 cm

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

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About the painting

This painting shows Robert Reid’s young wife, Elizabeth Reeves, in the year of their wedding. Reid painted Elizabeth in a white gown surrounded by many different colored flowers to emphasize her flawless porcelain skin. Their marriage lasted only a few years, and here the delicate colors and idealized setting suggest the optimism of young love. Reid's many paintings of girls immersed in nature emphasize the fragility and beauty of women, as if he equated them with the flowers, trees, and clouds.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Particulars

Accession number
1909.7.57

What it shows

LandscapeFigure femaleOccupationsClothing and dressDomesticDress accessoriesUmbrellasGarden

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingModernism20th century

Sources

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