Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Carl Newman experimented with color by grinding his own pigments to make vibrant hues. He enjoyed painting nude figures and often surrounded his models with blocks of color to create semiabstract compositions. The figure’s bare skin echoes the colors around her so that she appears to blend in with the background, and the blurred outlines and scumbled brushstrokes create a warmly colored, womblike environment.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Carl Newman, born Philadelphia, PA 1858-died Abington, PA 1932
- Date
- ca. 1915-1916
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Anna McCleery Newton
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Dimensions
- 16 1/4 x 22 in. (41.3 x 55.9 cm)
- Type
- Painting
