Lady with Narcissus
Oil
linen, painting
19 3/4 in. H
X
26 in. W
Women crocheting, possibly Pauline Chadwick, wife of William Chadwick. An Impressionist painter, Chadwick was born in England but came to Old Lyme, CT at the age of 23. With the influence of his Old Lyme colleagues, he turned from portraits to the landscape, especially depicting the seasonal changes in the Lyme countryside. In 1902 he made his first visit to Old Lyme where he became affiliated with the Impressionist art colony centered at Florence Griswold's home. For the rest of his artist's career, he returned to the picturesque town, eventually purchasing a home there in 1915. At Old Lyme, he absorbed the tenets of Impressionism; his landscapes exhibit the style's high-keyed palette and broken brushstroke, although his Impressionism is marked for its subtler handling. At the same time he continued to paint figurative works in the conservative style of his teacher, DeCamp.
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Chadwick O'Connell, 1978
78.15.1