![]() ![]() The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Haffner III Reference Number 1987.169 IIIF Manifest ![]() H(?) / Manuf (?) / Phila (?) / 10 (?)" Dimensions 20 × 16.8 cm (7 7/8 × 6 5/8 in.) Credit Line Purchased with funds provided by Charles C. Fidelia Bridges often felt lonely and sad, but her exquisite paintings convey a lyrical joy in the birds and flowers she loved. Beid?" half artist's supply mark stencil in red: "H. ![]() J (?)" stock number on frame: "44401" inscription in pencil upsidedown on top: "F. On back of frame: oval sticker: "Pollock's / Picture Store / 10 Hamilton Place / Boston" sticker fragment upper right: "(?) by F. (circa) or BCE.ġ863 Medium Oil on panel Inscriptions Inscription: signed, lower right: "F. 100 hand painted by a professional artist High quality oil paints on. She was known for delicately detailed paintings that captured flowers, plants, and birds in their natural settings. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. Each painting is shipped unframed and rolled in a heavy-duty protective shipping tube. Fidelia Bridges ( May 14, 1923) was an American artist of the late 19th century, and one of the few women to have a successful career in that period. By 1879, she had become a "household word in every home of taste and ornament." This watercolor exemplifies Bridges’ impressive facility with the medium and exquisite sensitivity to its distinctive qualities of color and touch.About this artwork Status On View, Gallery 173 Department Arts of the Americas Artist Fidelia Bridges Title Bird's Nest and Ferns Place United States (Artist's nationality) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Chickadee and Thistle was painted one year after Bridges was inducted into the American Watercolor Society, when her "little lyric poems" were receiving considerable critical and popular acclaim. From 1876 to 1889, her images were reproduced and marketed by the popular lithographer Louis Prang she also was known for her calendar and greeting card designs as well as magazine and book illustrations. Over a successful fifty year career, the prolific Bridges established her reputation as a trendsetter: as one of only two women to be elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1873, and, one year later, the fifth woman to be invited to join the American Watercolor Society, an artist’s organization founded in 1866 to promote watercolor painting, then considered a highly progressive medium. It is hand signed and dated 1879 in the lower right corner. A student of William Trost Richards at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, she embraced his Ruskinian ‘truth to nature’ approach to great effect. This listing is for a rare original painting by Fidelia Bridges. Bridges is celebrated for her meticulously detailed watercolors of flora and fauna in close-up outdoor settings. Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) painted pictures that critics praised for their ability to exude the fragrance of field flowers and glow with the plumage of birds. ![]()
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