James T. Harwood, Boy and Cat: My Little Son, Heber James 1910. (Commemoration: Portraits).James T. Harwood, Boy and Cat: My Little Son, Heber James 1910. Oil on canvas, 40 x 32 1/4" (101 x 82cm). Courtesy of the Springville Museum of Art The Springville Museum of Art is the oldest museum in Utah for the visual fine arts. Completed in 1937, this building was designed in the style of the Spanish Colonial Revival by Claud S. Ashworth. It was dedicated by LDS Apostle David O. . About the Art In this charming "slice of life" genre painting genre painting Painting of scenes from everyday life, of ordinary people at work or play, depicted in a realistic manner. In the 18th century, the term was used derogatorily to describe painters specializing in one type of picture, such as flowers, animals, or middle-class , the artist's fifth and last child, Heber James Harwood, is shown sitting on a pew from an old chapel. The painting is a combination of the Academic Realist and Impressionist styles. The emphasis on rational space, clarity, order, calm and quiet, which Harwood adopted from the academic tradition, is combined in this painting with the beginnings of the influences Impressionism impressionism, in painting impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature, and by the use of pure, broken color to would have on him. About the Artist J. T. Harwood was born in Lehi, Utah, in 1860. In 1888, at his teachers' urging, Harwood became the first of a group of Utah-born artists to travel to France and study art in Paris. There he married another Utah art student, Harriet Richards. In 1892, he became the first Utahn to have a painting in the prestigious Paris Salon. During the next few years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Harwoods divided their time between a Salt Lake City studio and Paris. In 1904, the Harwoods returned to Salt Lake City. During the period of 1907 to 1910, Harwood's work became more oriented toward color and somewhat broader in approach as he moved from Academic Realism to Impressionism. In his seventies, Harwood again shifted his painting style, this time to Neo-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Movement in French painting of the late 19th century, in reaction against the realism of Impressionism. The Neo-Impressionists, led by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, applied paint to canvas in dots of contrasting pigments, scientifically chosen so that , a relaxed form of Pointillism pointillism (pwăn`təlĭz'əm): see postimpressionism. pointillism In painting, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of contrasting colour to a surface so that from a distance they blend together. . In addition to being a painter, Harwood was also a gifted printmaker and watercolorist. Things to Consider Identify elements in this painting which create a sense of memory How does the painting convey the artist's feelings about the subject? Compare the style of this painting with that Snow Queen, Portrait of Adah. For more information visit www.sma.nebo.edu. GalleryCard submitted by Sharon Gray, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah Springville is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 20,424 at the 2000 census and by 2004 had been estimated at 21,507. Just minutes south of Provo, Springville is treated as a bedroom community for commuters who work in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah. . |
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