Artist and Nude
1940
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View on museum website →Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 94 x 73 cm (37 x 28 3/4 in.) framed: 93.7 x 73 x 4.1 cm (36 7/8 x 28 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Yves-André and Christine Istel
Accession Number
1991.192.1
About the Artist
Milton Avery
Milton Avery, born on March 7, 1885, in Altmar, New York, to a working-class family—his father a tanner—grew up in modest circumstances. After his family's move to the Hartford area of Connecticut in 1898, he took on various manual jobs, including as a mechanic, clerk, and construction worker, to support himself and relatives following family tragedies. His artistic path began around 1905 at the C...