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  1. "Calla Lily," Fidelia Bridges, 1875.

    Bridges (1834-1923) was an American painter who is best known as a Pre-Raphaelite, or "Romantic Realist" as American Pre-Raphaelites were called. She was known for her delicately, microscopically detailed yet serene depictions of plant life, generally in natural surroundings; according to some, she successfully combined romanticism and science.

    She attended the Pennsylvania Institute of Fine Arts and was a friend of illustrator Howard Pyle, and with Pyle was an early environmentalist, joining the American Forestry Association. She was also governess to Mark Twain's daughters for a year! He later became a collector of her art. She also became an early designer of greeting cards...which some critics feel has made later generations devalue her work.

    Once highly sought after, she's fallen a bit from the radar, in part because she worked a lot in watercolor, which is a bit light-sensitive and delicate for exhibiting. But seek out her stuff, it's lovely.

    From the Brooklyn Museum.

    #Art #WomenArtists #CallaLily #PreRaphaelite #RomanticRealism #NeglectedArtists

  2. "Calla Lily," Fidelia Bridges, 1875.

    Bridges (1834-1923) was an American painter who is best known as a Pre-Raphaelite, or "Romantic Realist" as American Pre-Raphaelites were called. She was known for her delicately, microscopically detailed yet serene depictions of plant life, generally in natural surroundings; according to some, she successfully combined romanticism and science.

    She attended the Pennsylvania Institute of Fine Arts and was a friend of illustrator Howard Pyle, and with Pyle was an early environmentalist, joining the American Forestry Association. She was also governess to Mark Twain's daughters for a year! He later became a collector of her art. She also became an early designer of greeting cards...which some critics feel has made later generations devalue her work.

    Once highly sought after, she's fallen a bit from the radar, in part because she worked a lot in watercolor, which is a bit light-sensitive and delicate for exhibiting. But seek out her stuff, it's lovely.

    From the Brooklyn Museum.

    #Art #WomenArtists #CallaLily #PreRaphaelite #RomanticRealism #NeglectedArtists

  3. "Calla Lily," Fidelia Bridges, 1875.

    Bridges (1834-1923) was an American painter who is best known as a Pre-Raphaelite, or "Romantic Realist" as American Pre-Raphaelites were called. She was known for her delicately, microscopically detailed yet serene depictions of plant life, generally in natural surroundings; according to some, she successfully combined romanticism and science.

    She attended the Pennsylvania Institute of Fine Arts and was a friend of illustrator Howard Pyle, and with Pyle was an early environmentalist, joining the American Forestry Association. She was also governess to Mark Twain's daughters for a year! He later became a collector of her art. She also became an early designer of greeting cards...which some critics feel has made later generations devalue her work.

    Once highly sought after, she's fallen a bit from the radar, in part because she worked a lot in watercolor, which is a bit light-sensitive and delicate for exhibiting. But seek out her stuff, it's lovely.

    From the Brooklyn Museum.

    #Art #WomenArtists #CallaLily #PreRaphaelite #RomanticRealism #NeglectedArtists

  4. "Calla Lily," Fidelia Bridges, 1875.

    Bridges (1834-1923) was an American painter who is best known as a Pre-Raphaelite, or "Romantic Realist" as American Pre-Raphaelites were called. She was known for her delicately, microscopically detailed yet serene depictions of plant life, generally in natural surroundings; according to some, she successfully combined romanticism and science.

    She attended the Pennsylvania Institute of Fine Arts and was a friend of illustrator Howard Pyle, and with Pyle was an early environmentalist, joining the American Forestry Association. She was also governess to Mark Twain's daughters for a year! He later became a collector of her art. She also became an early designer of greeting cards...which some critics feel has made later generations devalue her work.

    Once highly sought after, she's fallen a bit from the radar, in part because she worked a lot in watercolor, which is a bit light-sensitive and delicate for exhibiting. But seek out her stuff, it's lovely.

    From the Brooklyn Museum.

    #Art #WomenArtists #CallaLily #PreRaphaelite #RomanticRealism #NeglectedArtists

  5. Still my favorite office decoration: a framed 20" by 16" hand-signed print on watercolor paper of Quent Cordair’s #poem “No Sea Was Ever Sailed” on Brett Yates’ photo of the #TallShip Bark Europa

    cordair.com/artists/cordair/wo

    #poetry #art #photography #gallery #FineArt #RomanticRealism

  6. Still my favorite office decoration: a framed 20" by 16" hand-signed print on watercolor paper of Quent Cordair’s #poem “No Sea Was Ever Sailed” on Brett Yates’ photo of the #TallShip Bark Europa

    cordair.com/artists/cordair/wo

    #poetry #art #photography #gallery #FineArt #RomanticRealism

  7. Still my favorite office decoration: a framed 20" by 16" hand-signed print on watercolor paper of Quent Cordair’s #poem “No Sea Was Ever Sailed” on Brett Yates’ photo of the #TallShip Bark Europa

    cordair.com/artists/cordair/wo

    #poetry #art #photography #gallery #FineArt #RomanticRealism

  8. Still my favorite office decoration: a framed 20" by 16" hand-signed print on watercolor paper of Quent Cordair’s #poem “No Sea Was Ever Sailed” on Brett Yates’ photo of the #TallShip Bark Europa

    cordair.com/artists/cordair/wo

    #poetry #art #photography #gallery #FineArt #RomanticRealism