Goofing off
Frederick James Boston,American,The Morning News oil on canvas
Who wouldn't prefer a newspaper (or a cellphone:) to dirty dishes? Paintings of women reading newspapers were rare in the 1880s,and this featuring working-class mothers and maids were even rarer.With few exceptions,newspapers were still the purview of men.
While he was still and art student in Paris in the 1880s,Frederick Boston may have seen Mary Cassatt's Impressionists portraits of her wealthy female relations reading newspapers.In the 1890s,Boston became a major figure on the Brooklyn art scene and served as the first instructor at the fledging Brooklyn Museum.
Goofing off
Frederick James Boston,American,The Morning News oil on canvas
Who wouldn't prefer a newspaper (or a cellphone:) to dirty dishes? Paintings of women reading newspapers were rare in the 1880s,and this featuring working-class mothers and maids were even rarer.With few exceptions,newspapers were still the purview of men.
While he was still and art student in Paris in the 1880s,Frederick Boston may have seen Mary Cassatt's Impressionists portraits of her wealthy female relations reading newspapers.In the 1890s,Boston became a major figure on the Brooklyn art scene and served as the first instructor at the fledging Brooklyn Museum.