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Artist in the Global Art Registry
Abbott Handerson Thayer
1849–1921 · American
- Born
- 1849 · Boston
- Died
- 1921 · Dublin
52 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Abbott Handerson Thayer was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher whose works are represented in major American art collections. He is known for his portraits, figures, animals, landscapes, and 'angel' paintings, some of which feature his children as models.
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Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921) was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in major American art collections. He is perhaps best known for his 'angel' paintings, some of which use his children as models. During the last third of his life, he worked together with his son, Gerald Handerson Thayer, on a book about protective coloration in nature, titled Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. First published by Macmillan in 1909, then reissued in 1918, it may have had an effect on military camouflage during World War I. However it was roundly mocked by Theodore Roosevelt and others for its assumption that all animal coloration is cryptic. Thayer also influenced American art through his efforts as a teacher, training apprentices in his New Hampshire studio.
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52
Registered works
52
In museum collections
0
In gallery collections
0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Abbott Handerson Thayer
Selected from 52 works by Abbott Handerson Thayer in the Collect24 Registry.
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Blue Jays in Winter, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, ca. 1905-1909
oil on canvas
56.1 × 45.9 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-140364
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot), 1900-1902
oil on canvas
99.1 × 82.3 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-140327
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Portrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede), ca. 1881
oil on canvas
42.2 × 35.7 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-138982
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Stevenson Memorial, 1903
oil on canvas
207.2 × 152.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134507
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Angel, 1887
oil on canvas
92 × 71.5 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134488
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Dublin Pond, New Hampshire, 1894
oil on canvas
51.1 × 40.8 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134183
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Brother and Sister (Mary and Gerald Thayer), 1889
oil on canvas
92 × 71.9 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-133885
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Minerva in a Chariot, ca. 1894
oil on canvas
96.7 × 136.4 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-133547
Abbott Handerson Thayer
The Sky Simulated by White Flamingoes study for book, Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, ca. 1905-1909
oil on wood
25.8 × 30.4 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-133527
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Sunrise or Sunset, study for book, Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, ca. 1905-1909
oil on wood
21.6 × 27 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-133252
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, ca. 1905-1909
oil on canvas
51.3 × 51.4 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-132341
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Townsend Bradley Martin, 1919
oil on canvas
70.1 × 55.2 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-131705
Museums and collections
Where works by Abbott Handerson Thayer are registered
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
43 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
2 works
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
2 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
- National Museum of Asian Art
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
- National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
1 work
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