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| Lillian Mathilde Genth
American 1876 -1953
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| Born: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Studied: |
Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1900
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| Instructors: |
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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| Examples of Work: |
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Newark Museum, New Jersey
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Impressionism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Nudes
Women
Portraits
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| Memberships: |
National Academy of Design p. ANA 1908
Allied Artists Association
International Society Artists' League
National Arts Club
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Royal Society of Artists
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| Artist Profile |
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During her lifetime, Lillian M. Genth was considered to be the most successful painter of the female nudes in America. Noted for her studies of nudes in poetic, pastoral settings, Genth was also a very successful portrait painter.
Born in Philadelphia in 1876, Genth studied at home a...
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Lillian Genth was born in 1876. She studied at the Philidelphia School of Design for Women and won the Elkins Scholarship in 1900 and traveled to Paris. Genth studied under Whistler for one year. He focus was on female nudes i...
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