Tarbell used impressionist brushwork to lend texture to the model’s feathered hat and elegant blouse, but showed off his fine drawing skills in the softer approach to her hands and face. He belonged to the boston school of painters, artists who combined impressionistic technique with an approach to figure painting that prized technical skill and traditional notions of beauty. The picture at the upper right of the canvas reveals one of tarbell’s major influences. It is the corner of a painting by the seventeenth-century dutch artist jan vermeer, who was renowned for quiet interior scenes. Rediscovered by artists in the early twentieth century, vermeer had a significant influence on the boston school painters. [1]. Object Type: oil paintings. Date: 1907. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 45.5 in (115.5 cm) ; width: 35.5 in (90.1 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Indianapolis Museum of Art. Tarbell, Edmund Charles - Preparing for the Matinee - Google Art Project
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