Josephine Paddock - Oil on Canvas - Woman in Red Feathered Hat

Fine Art : Oil On Canvas : American : Josephine Paddock : Woman In Red Feathered Hat

 

This is a remarkable Josephine Paddock oil on canvas of an elegant woman in a red feathered hat. Signed in the upper left corner, the back of the canvas also displays information about its lovely subject. There is an East 72nd NYC address and two names: one has the last name Lovejoy; the other Mrs. F ... difficult to read. The painting is not dated. Based on the woman's attire, this is an early 20th C. Paddock. Overall size of the visible canvas is 21 and a half wide by 25 and three eighths long. Framed size is 27 and three eighths by 31 and one eighth inches. Beautiful frame would cost at least half as much as the asking price.

Josephine Paddock was born in Manhattan in 1885. She was considered quite a diverse artist, painting primarily in oils and watercolors. In fact, women young and old sought her out to be painted by her, as she was known for her portraits of women. She summered at the Art Colony in Gloucester, MA. along with her sister Ethel, who was also an artist. Their paintings were often exhibited in Gloucester while they were vacationing there.

Josephine Paddock exhibited her works both nationally and internationally in many prestigious places, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Royal Institute of London, the National Academy of Design, in NYC, and the Parrish Museum, on Long Island, NY. In 1913 at the Armory Show in New York City, she exhibited two small, watercolor sketches of swans.

Her work was among forty-eight 19th & 20th C. paintings included the collection of Seymour Thaler and Mildred Thaler Cohen. The collection was bequeathed to the Mattituck Museum, in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 2000.

There is a Josephine Paddock Fellowship at Barnard College, Columbia University, in Manhattan.

Josephine Paddock died in 1964.

Item ID: VIN1215