Marguerite

ClassificationsPaintings-oils

Artist Guy Rose (American, 1867 - 1925)

Datec. 1909

Made AtUnited States, North America

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions15 × 18 1/16 in. (38.1 × 45.9 cm)
Framed: 22 × 24 1/2 × 2 in. (55.9 × 62.2 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineMartha C. Stevens Memorial Art Collection

Object numberF7693

DescriptionThis Guy Rose 1909 oil painting depicted a typical subject matter for the painter, the female figure in depictions of domestic upper-class life. Guy Rose was a Californian painting in a French impressionist style, rather than a European adoptee of California who painted in the state’s unique plein air style. As such, his work is vastly different than many of the other 20th century painters. Despite this, he remained equally important in sowing the seeds for Southern California to be the nexus for painters that it became in the early and mid 20th century. Guy Rose was a pivotal figure in the development of American Impressionism. Although born in San Gabriel, CA, he lived for twenty years in New York and France, where he became a fixture of the American art colony in Giverny. While he later became more interested in landscape painting, in Giverny he made a number of paintings of women seated in quiet interiors dressed in kimonos and other richly patterned garments. Marguerite was one of the artist’s favorite models in France. The titular model was a favorite of his that that he frequently employed in France. Her Asian-influenced dress was common for the time, a nod to Japanese influence in impressionism and the influx of Asian products, especially clothing, in late nineteenth century Europe. Artists enjoyed painting the lavish costumes because of their bright colors and bold patterns.

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