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Foerster, Emil,
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait male -- Foerster, Emil
Portrait male -- Foerster, Edward
Portrait male -- Foerster, John
Portrait male -- Foerster, Charles
Portrait male -- Foerster, Joseph
Portrait male -- Foerster, Johann Martin, Dr.
Portrait female -- Foerster, Johann Martin, Mrs.
Portrait female -- Foerster, Albertina
Portrait female -- Foerster, Eliza
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Painting
Portrait of the Foerster Family, (painting).
Artist:
Foerster, Emil, 1822-1906, painter.
Title:
Portrait of the Foerster Family, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1890.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil.
Dimensions:
54 1/2 x 84 1/2 in. (134.0 x 205.7 cm).
Subject:
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait male -- Foerster, Emil
Portrait male -- Foerster, Edward
Portrait male -- Foerster, John
Portrait male -- Foerster, Charles
Portrait male -- Foerster, Joseph
Portrait male -- Foerster, Johann Martin, Dr.
Portrait female -- Foerster, Johann Martin, Mrs.
Portrait female -- Foerster, Albertina
Portrait female -- Foerster, Eliza
Architecture interior -- Domestic -- House
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
University of Pittsburgh, University Art Gallery, 104 Frick Fine Arts Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 Accession Number: 1980.11
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Foerster, Emil, family of, until 1932.
Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1932-1980.
Gift of Michael, Elsa Foerster, Mrs., 1980.
Remarks:
IAP files contain a brief biographical information sheet on the Foerster family with a key naming the family members depicted in the portrait. IAP files also contain articles from the Pittsburgh News, Oct. 23, 1933 and The Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 25, 1933, which mention the painting when it was acquired by the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh.
References:
Owner, 1975.
University of Pittsburgh, University Art Gallery, collection printout 2019.
Speer, Madelon, 2019.
Illustration:
Pittsburgh Press, Sept. 25, 1933.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 61660014
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
61660014
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