sábado, 28 de septiembre de 2013

Lily Martin Spencer

Lilly Martin Spencer

1822–1902

Lilly Martin Spencer's still-life and portrait paintings were popular, but she became particularly well known for humorous domestic genre scenes.
In 1830, the eight-year-old Angélique Marie Martin, called Lilly, arrived in the U.S. from her native England. Her parents, a politically progressive couple of French descent, raised their daughter in the small town of Marietta, Ohio.

When her artistic abilities and ambitions outstripped the cultural resources available there, her father took her to Cincinnati, where she studied with the portrait painter John Insco Williams.

At 22, Lilly Martin married Benjamin Rush Spencer. They made their home first in New York City, then in Newark, New Jersey, and then moved into a large house in Highland, New York, across the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie. The couple had 13 children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
Lilly was the principal breadwinner, while Benjamin managed their growing household. In the late 1840s and 1850s, the artist's work became popular in Europe and America.

Spencer exhibited her paintings at the National Academy of Design and was represented at the Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. She also produced work for a number of prominent patrons. However, much of Spencer's fame resulted from the widespread sale of inexpensive engraved copies of her oil paintings.


- See more at: http://www.nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/lilly-martin-spencer#sthash.oXpzU1MD.dpuf





Lily Martin Spencer 1822-1902

Sus padres, una pareja de ascendencia francesa, llegaron a los Estados Unidos desde Inglaterra en 1930. Lily tenía ocho años y se crió en Ohio.  Sus padres se dieron cuenta de su habilidad artística y cuando pudieron permitirselo la llevaron a Cincinnati para prepararse con el pintor John Insco Williams.

En 1944 se casó con Benjamin Spencer. Ella tenía 22 años, se trasladaron, primero a Nueva York, despues a Newarkm New Jersey y finalmente a una gran casa en Nueva York, al otro lado del Hudson. La pareja tuvo trece hijos. Su marido tenía su propio negocio pero en realidad quien llevaba el sustento a casa era ella. Aunque su obra refleja un mundo feliz toda la vida tuvieron problemas económicos


En su obra documenta la vida doméstica, 


amas de casa felices,





 maridos adorables pero ineptos


Bodegones


Y niños


No sé que opinareis, a mi me resulta tan dulzona que hasta me divierte

Lilly Martin Spencer

1822–1902

Lilly Martin Spencer's still-life and portrait paintings were popular, but she became particularly well known for humorous domestic genre scenes.
In 1830, the eight-year-old Angélique Marie Martin, called Lilly, arrived in the U.S. from her native England. Her parents, a politically progressive couple of French descent, raised their daughter in the small town of Marietta, Ohio.

When her artistic abilities and ambitions outstripped the cultural resources available there, her father took her to Cincinnati, where she studied with the portrait painter John Insco Williams.

At 22, Lilly Martin married Benjamin Rush Spencer. They made their home first in New York City, then in Newark, New Jersey, and then moved into a large house in Highland, New York, across the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie. The couple had 13 children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
Lilly was the principal breadwinner, while Benjamin managed their growing household. In the late 1840s and 1850s, the artist's work became popular in Europe and America.

Spencer exhibited her paintings at the National Academy of Design and was represented at the Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. She also produced work for a number of prominent patrons. However, much of Spencer's fame resulted from the widespread sale of inexpensive engraved copies of her oil paintings.


- See more at: http://www.nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/lilly-martin-spencer#sthash.oXpzU1MD.dpuf

Lilly Martin Spencer

1822–1902

Lilly Martin Spencer's still-life and portrait paintings were popular, but she became particularly well known for humorous domestic genre scenes.
In 1830, the eight-year-old Angélique Marie Martin, called Lilly, arrived in the U.S. from her native England. Her parents, a politically progressive couple of French descent, raised their daughter in the small town of Marietta, Ohio.

When her artistic abilities and ambitions outstripped the cultural resources available there, her father took her to Cincinnati, where she studied with the portrait painter John Insco Williams.

At 22, Lilly Martin married Benjamin Rush Spencer. They made their home first in New York City, then in Newark, New Jersey, and then moved into a large house in Highland, New York, across the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie. The couple had 13 children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
Lilly was the principal breadwinner, while Benjamin managed their growing household. In the late 1840s and 1850s, the artist's work became popular in Europe and America.

Spencer exhibited her paintings at the National Academy of Design and was represented at the Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. She also produced work for a number of prominent patrons. However, much of Spencer's fame resulted from the widespread sale of inexpensive engraved copies of her oil paintings.


- See more at: http://www.nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/lilly-martin-spencer#sthash.oXpzU1MD.dpuf

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