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Gari Melchers, Penelope, 1910.

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Happy Mothers Day! Detail from "Madonna of the Fields" (c. 1895) by Gary Melchers #mothersday #happymothersday #melchers #savannah #artmuseum #art #museum #art912 #painting #mother #child #motherandchild #detail (at Savannah, Georgia)

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Stereo negative. Allegorical statue of woman wearing headdress of wings, holding ball and caduceus. Engraved on base "Melchers. Sc." One of the allegorical sculptures on the 1871 city hall buildings. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Statue." Emulsion damaged on edges. Corner of the negative is chipped

Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

The Impressionist Object at the Dawn of American Realism

Under the influence of European Impressionists, 20th century painters used this aesthetic to capture the charm and beauty of the countryside and the city, as well as the quiet delicacy of domestic interiors. During the 1910s and 1920s, the realist celebration of America spread throughout the country, as artists recorded the neighborhoods and people that made their own cities distinct. In these paintings, unlike more traditional Impressionist works, the setting is indoors with only a reference to the outside created from the inclusion of open windows and doors. Inclusion of objects and furnishings helped express the lives of the sitter.

Around 1910, American Impressionist Childe Hassam began depicting single female figures set in comfortable domestic interiors. Usually little of the room is shown, except for a highly polished table, which reflects the sunlight, and upon which is set a delicate vase of fresh flowers, a tea set, platter of fruit, or an objet d’art. Such is true for Hassam’s Strawberry Tea Set. Like Hassam, Gari Melchers began painting interior genre scenes, which may reflect his new-found domestic bliss and increased financial security. Unlike his earlier work, these scenes are filled with light and brilliant color and convey a certain bourgeois materialism. Writing parallels the "window series," like Strawberry Tea Set, by Hassam. Melchers painted his interiors with a full brush and pure color, demonstrating his new alliance with Impressionism.

Frederick Carl Frieseke’s painting, In the Boudoir, is typical of the many informal interior scenes he painted throughout his career. Although he much preferred to paint outdoors, the American public of the 1910s more readily bought his boudoir scenes of women involved in their toilette or in some other feminine activity. In this painting, the model lounges in a room decorated with elegant French rococo furniture and an oriental carpet. In contrast to the figure’s restful pose, the scene is alive with decorative patterning. A tamer interior scene by Frieseke, Youth, is a portrait of Preston Carter Harrison with his stuffed rabbit. Young Carter sits politely on the edge of an elegant French chair, obviously posing for the artist. The variety of decorative patterns and the patterned objects—upholstered chair, oriental rug, and garden flowers in the distance—form a contrast with the figure of the quiet boy.

Objects like the tea set, the lavish furniture, the writing desk, and the bunny, not only allow the viewer to better understand the status of the sitter, but also mark the moving away from Impressionism into American Realism.

Excerpts from lacma.org

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The Guitars were recorded over a Blackstar HT Series Tube Amp with 3 Mics. I used an AKG Tube Condenser which gives huge bottom, a Rode NT5 for adding some air and of course a Shure SM57 for giving that classic sound. All mixed together creates these sparkling guitars.

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