Abbott Handerson Thayer Self-Portrait
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According to scholar Kevin Murphy, Thayer\u00e2\u0080\u0099s need to protect\u00e2\u0080\u0094from guarding his own children to caring for the environment in his home state of New Hampshire\u00e2\u0080\u0094was a guiding force for the artist. Thayer is best known for his landscapes and paint- ings of ideal women and winged angels, but he spent many years studying natural science and theo- ries of evolution. He developed ideas about camou- flage and visual protection in the natural world and co-authored a book with his son Gerald entitled Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909). These ideas informed his approach to painting as well, for as in this portrait, he often used the paint- erly surface of his work, with its dark coloration and sense of insubstantiality, to hide elements of the figure."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Este autorretrato sombr\u00c3\u00ado y dram\u00c3\u00a1tico de Abbott Handerson Thayer, terminado un a\u00c3\u00b1o antes de su muerte, es uno de varios que realiz\u00c3\u00b3 al final de su vida. Seg\u00c3\u00ban el acad\u00c3\u00a9mico Kevin Murphy, la nece- sidad de proteger \u00e2\u0080\u0094lo mismo cuidar a sus hijos que conservar el medio ambiente en su estado de New Hampshire\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fue un principio que gui\u00c3\u00b3 al artista. Thayer es conocido por sus paisajes y sus pinturas de mujeres ideales y \u00c3\u00a1ngeles, pero pas\u00c3\u00b3 muchos a\u00c3\u00b1os estudiando ciencias naturales y las teor\u00c3\u00adas de la evoluci\u00c3\u00b3n. Desarroll\u00c3\u00b3 ideas sobre camuflaje y protec- ci\u00c3\u00b3n visual en el mundo natural y escribi\u00c3\u00b3 junto con su hijo Gerald un libro titulado Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909). Estas ideas influyeron tambi\u00c3\u00a9n su enfoque en la pintura, pues a menudo utilizaba superficies pict\u00c3\u00b3ricas de tonos oscuros y apariencia insustancial para esconder elementos de la figura, como en este retrato."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Elsie Reeves, College Park, Md., granddaughter of artist; purchased 1981 NPG"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Abbott Handerson Thayer, 12 Aug 1849 - 29 May 1921"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Abbott Handerson Thayer, 12 Aug 1849 - 29 May 1921"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Self-portrait"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Abbott Handerson Thayer: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Abbott Handerson Thayer: Visual Arts\\Artist\\Painter"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on plywood panel"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Sight: 73.7 x 55.9cm (29 x 22\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 92.7 x 74.6 x 2.9cm (36 1/2 x 29 3/8 x 1 1/8\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.22", "hash": "34263269745915580f2d33f6913ccb75ccf350c4", "docSignature": "71b2b479d28dd82f5e29c61ea7e1f450", "timestamp": 1658327600, "lastTimeUpdated": 1653682037, "title": "Abbott Handerson Thayer Self-Portrait"}