Frank Duveneck, Walter Shirlaw
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Frank Duveneck

Walter Shirlaw

ca. 1873

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.8 × 45.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-135920

Walter Shirlaw was a painter and illustrator who studied in Munich, Germany, where he met and befriended Frank Duveneck. Shirlaw was a founder and first president of the Society of American Artists, and a teacher at the Art Students League in New York. In Munich, Duveneck learned the technique of painting a face in lighter tones against a dark background to heighten the psychological power of a p…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw

Registry history

  • ca. 1873 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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