COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1966.388
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Bacher, Otto H.
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1856 - 1909
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Otto H. Bacher
Title:
Mrs. Otto H. Bacher
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1891
Creation Start Date:
1891
Creation End Date:
1891
Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 90.6cm x 57.4cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1966.388
Credit Line:
Gift of Will Low Bacher
Inscriptions:
signed lower left: Otto H. Bacher. / --91.
Provenance:
the artist's son
Context:
Otto Bacher was the first Cleveland-born artist to receive international acclaim. In 1876 he joined fellow painters De Scott Evans and Archibald Willard in founding the Cleveland Art Club. After studying in Munich, Bacher returned to Cleveland in 1883 and established a summer school at nearby Richfield. Bacher left Ohio permanently in 1885 and settled in the vicinity of New York City, often painting Impressionist pictures on Long Island. This portrait of his wife, Mary Bacher, exemplifies the ideal womanof the 1890s. Intentionally and self-consciously American, such images were meant to convey a national spirit.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1966.388.tif
