7/6/2023 0 Comments Fidelia bridges paintings![]() ![]() ![]() In addition to the favorable critical reception at the 1875 exhibition, her watercolors commanded higher prices than those of her contemporaries, including Winslow Homer. She submitted paintings to the American Watercolor Society's exhibition in February 1875 earning critical acclaim, "Too much praise cannot be awarded Miss Fidelia Bridges for her beautiful studies…Miss Bridges apparently selects the most commonplace subjects, and yet, by her pleasant manner of treatment, transforms them into interesting pictures." That summer, Bridges boarded a train to Old Lyme, her "special resort for the prosecution of her beautiful art." Lay, whose family home was in Old Lyme, surely influenced her decision to first visit the area. In 1873, upon election as an Associate of the National Academy of Design, Bridges presented this portrait by her friend Lay as her official Academy portrait. In 1872, Lay painted his first portrait of Bridges (now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum). Bridges and Lay were close friends during this period and after her return from Europe in 1868. By this time, she had already made sketching trips with her friend, teacher and mentor William Trost Richards to Lake George and the Lehigh Valley. Lay took a house here a few years since and found abundant opportunities for her lovely foreground water-color drawings."īridges and Lay met in Brooklyn in 1865. The New Haven Register reported in 1882 that "from the suggestion of O.I. She spent her summers painting along the banks of the Housatonic River in Stratford, Connecticut and outdoors in Old Lyme, Connecticut.Īttracted to Old Lyme by her friend and New York City portrait artist, Oliver Ingraham Lay, Bridges sketched wildlife in the shoreline town on numerous occasions. Provenance: The artist to her close friend and New York City portraitist, Oliver Ingraham Lay descended in the family to the present owner.įidelia Bridges enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter of meticulous depictions of the natural world, particularly of birds and flowers.List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image) Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories National Art Databases and Museum Inventories: Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself ![]() Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works onlineįidelia Bridges at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW! Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide: Art Institute of Chicago NEW! Commercial Galleries: Galleries: We invite you to register and list your site (no charge for this service) Original works by Fidelia Bridges available for purchase at art galleries worldwide ![]()
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