Forest of Arden
ClassificationsPaintings-oils
Artist
Frank Coburn
(American, 1862 - 1938)
Subject
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
(1840 - 1909)
Date1916
Made AtUnited States, North America
Place DepictedModjeska Canyon, California, United States, North America
MediumOil on wood panel
DimensionsFramed: 20 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (52.7 × 65.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Artist
Object number3821
DescriptionHelena Modjeska, the renowned Polish actress, brought Shakespeare’s Arden—the forest setting of "As You Like It"—to life in the canyons of Southern California. She first moved to Anaheim in 1876 to join a utopian farming venture, a dream she soon abandoned, pushing her to return to the stage. In 1888, she began building her home, Arden, which came to embody the tranquil refuge she had originally sought in California.Frank Coburn painted this view of Modjeska seated by her fountain seven years after her death, using a photograph (object #4568) as a reference.
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c. 1927
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