Thomas Hovenden
Breton Woman Blowing the Dinner Horn
1879
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Thomas Hovenden
Breton Woman Blowing the Dinner Horn
1879
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, Framed: 29 1/8 x 19 x 1 1/4 in. (74 x 48.3 x 3.2 cm) Unframed: 24 1/16 x 13 1/2 in. (61.1 x 34.3 cm)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.136
Hovenden, an American painter of Irish birth, enrolled in the National Academy of Design in New York before venturing to Paris where he studied with the academic painter, Alexandre Cabanel; at the same time, he also joined the artist’s colony at Pont-Aven in Brittany. Hovenden specialized in portraiture and scenes of everyday life painted both in France and in Pennsylvania where he settled in 1881.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore by bequest, 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore by bequest, 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection," 1911, cat. #204.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew," Jan.12 - Feb. 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Oct. 12 - Nov. 21, 1965, cat. #136.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew," Jan.12 - Feb. 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Oct. 12 - Nov. 21, 1965, cat. #136.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Anne Gregory Terhune, "Thomas Hovenden: His Life and Art," Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Art, 2006, fig. 35.
Inscribed: FACE: BL, 'Brittany'; LR, 'Hovenden'; BL after 'Brittany,' possibly dated. VERSO, PAINTING: 4 newspaper articles, 1 photo from Harper's Weekly of Hovenden, 1 photo reproduction, 'Last Moments of John Brown- BY THOMAS HOVENDEN...'. VERSO, FRAME: TC, 'BMA cat./1965/#136'
