Carmela

ClassificationsPaintings-gouaches

Artist John Hubbard Rich (American, 1876-1954)

Datec. 1922

Made AtLos Angeles, California, United States, North America

MediumGouache on paper

Dimensions12 1/2 × 10 in. (31.8 × 25.4 cm)
Framed: 19 × 15 3/4 in. (48.3 × 40 cm)

Credit LineMartha C. Stevens Memorial Art Collection

Object numberF7725

DescriptionJohn Hubbard Rich was a member of the Group of Eight, an influential modernist group in Los Angeles during the 1920s. He taught at Otis Art Institute from 1920 to 1949, imparting a mix of modernist principle and academic rigor to a generation of Los Angeles artists. Rich took on portrait commissions as a way to supplement his teaching income. However, this is more likely a figure study rather than a commissioned portrait. Carmela was a Mexican model who was a popular subject for several of the Group of Eight.

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