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With an artistic career spanning 60 years, Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the first American women painters to make a name for herself at a time when art was considered a man’s pursuit.
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🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Conversation Piece,” 1851–52, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 in., Maria DeWitt Jesup and Morris K. Jesup Funds, 1998, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Self-Portrait (detail),” about 1840, oil on canvas, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio, Taft Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Young Husband: First Marketing,” 1854, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in., Gift of Max N. Berry, 2015, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Domestic Happiness,” 1849, oil on canvas, 55 x 45 in., Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. James Cleland, Jr., Detroit Institute of Arts
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Young Wife: First Stew,” 1854, oil on canvas, 30 × 24 in., Gift of Bruce and Susan Lueck, 2017, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the ‘Lasses” 1856, oil on canvas, 29 15/16 x 24 15/16 in., Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Peeling onions,” 1852, oil on canvas, 36 x 29 in., Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, United States of America
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic,” 1864, oil on canvas, 49 1/2 x 63 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Given in memory of Muriel Gucker Hahn by her loving husband, William Frederick Hahn, Jr. Conservation funds generously provided by the Florida State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Mother and Child by the Hearth,” 1867, oil on canvas, 34 x 27 in., Edna Andrade, Wyckoff, and Harriet B. Kravitz Funds, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Height of Fashion,” 1854
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Self-Portrait (detail),” about 1840, oil on canvas, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio, Taft Museum of Art
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With an artistic career spanning 60 years, Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the first American women painters to make a name for herself at a time when art was considered a man’s pursuit.
.
.
.
.
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Conversation Piece,” 1851–52, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 in., Maria DeWitt Jesup and Morris K. Jesup Funds, 1998, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Self-Portrait (detail),” about 1840, oil on canvas, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio, Taft Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Young Husband: First Marketing,” 1854, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in., Gift of Max N. Berry, 2015, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Domestic Happiness,” 1849, oil on canvas, 55 x 45 in., Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. James Cleland, Jr., Detroit Institute of Arts
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Young Wife: First Stew,” 1854, oil on canvas, 30 × 24 in., Gift of Bruce and Susan Lueck, 2017, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Kiss Me and You’ll Kiss the ‘Lasses” 1856, oil on canvas, 29 15/16 x 24 15/16 in., Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Peeling onions,” 1852, oil on canvas, 36 x 29 in., Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, United States of America
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic,” 1864, oil on canvas, 49 1/2 x 63 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Given in memory of Muriel Gucker Hahn by her loving husband, William Frederick Hahn, Jr. Conservation funds generously provided by the Florida State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Mother and Child by the Hearth,” 1867, oil on canvas, 34 x 27 in., Edna Andrade, Wyckoff, and Harriet B. Kravitz Funds, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Height of Fashion,” 1854
🖼️ Lilly Martin Spencer, “Self-Portrait (detail),” about 1840, oil on canvas, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio, Taft Museum of Art
#art #woman #inspiration #family #love #marrige #arte #history #news #painting #beautiful #belle #explore #explorepage
