Abbott Handerson ThayerEstados Unidos, 1849–1921Stevenson Memorial
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Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano
Washington D. C., Estados Unidos
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About the painting
Stevenson Memorial is a 1903 oil painting by the American artist Abbott Handerson Thayer, intended to commemorate the writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Though Thayer initiated several paintings with the intent of honoring Stevenson, Stevenson Memorial is the only version to survive the artist's revisions.
In the museum's words
Apart from the title, our only clue to the subject of this work is the inscription "VAEA," the name of the mountain in Samoa where Robert Louis Stevenson is buried. Stevenson's poetic tales of men at war with themselves had dazzled Abbott Handerson Thayer, whose own life was marked by exaltation and despair. And, like the Scotsman's most memorable characters, the Stevenson Memorial carries a hidden story.
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- Número de inventario
- 1929.6.127
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- Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano: the museum's own open data · obtenido hace 7 días
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