Untitled (Young Boy with Bow Tie)
ClassificationsPaintings-oils
Artist
William Joseph McCloskey
(American, 1859 - 1941)
Date1907
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 × 20 in. (73.7 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 28 3/4 × 24 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (73 × 61.3 × 3.8 cm)
Framed: 28 3/4 × 24 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (73 × 61.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Eleanor Russell
Object number74.22.10
DescriptionOil on canvas portrait by William Joseph McCloskey of a young boy wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. Portraiture painting was William McCloskey's strength. In the early 1900s when this portrait was made, the practice was quickly being replaced by the vanguard of photography, but William and his wife Alberta, among other cohorts, still made a good living painting portraits for prominent figures and supporters of the art world. The McCloskeys especially depended on sympathetic likeness to convey their sitters' personalities, rather than incorporating physical items, such as books, in the background. Rather, the inner spirit of the sitter was able to come through, making William's paintings more of a metaphysical experience.On View
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