Josephine Knitting
1916 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a young woman, the artist's daughter Josephine, seated in a quiet, sunlit interior while knitting. It is a quintessential example of the Boston School's focus on domestic tranquility and light.
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Edmund Tarbell was a leading member of the 'Boston School' of painters, who were celebrated for their refined, luminous depictions of upper-class domestic life. Josephine, his daughter, served as a frequent model for his work, bridging the gap between familial intimacy and the formal technical mastery characteristic of American Impressionism.
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Josephine Knitting
Edmund Tarbell, 1916
