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The White Parasol
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This painting shows Robert Reid’s young wife, Elizabeth Reeves, in the year of their wedding. Reid painted Elizabeth in a white gown surrounded by many different colored flowers to emphasize her flawless porcelain skin. Their marriage lasted only a few years, and here the delicate colors and idealized setting suggest the optimism of young love. Reid's many paintings of girls immersed in nature emphasize the fragility and beauty of women, as if he equated them with the flowers, trees, and clouds.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe White Parasol. ca. 1907. Robert Reid, born Stockbridge, MA 1862-died Clifton Springs, NY 1929. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans. CC0.
