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Isaac A. Josephi
Evening in the Dunes of Hossegor France 19th C Original Oil by Issaac A. Josephi

1890s

$3,500
£2,676.16
€3,065.56
CA$4,936.42
A$5,372.71
CHF 2,870.99
MX$64,881.89
NOK 36,081.28
SEK 33,559.79
DKK 22,901.19

About the Item

Evening in the Dunes of Hossegor France 19th C Original Oil by Issaac A. Josephi Soir dans les dunes d'Hossegor" (Evening in the Dunes of Hossegor) by Isaac A. Josephi (American, 1860-1954) Image 20"H x 30"W Signed lower right "I.A. Josephi" One of the founders of the American Society of Miniature Painters, Isaac Josephi studied at the Art Students League in New York City and with Leon Bonnat in Paris. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Art Club, the National Academy of Design and the Paris Expo of 1900. Exhibited National Academy of Design, in Metropolitan Museum collections. The vast majority of exhibiting miniaturists were women—upwards of 90%, according to a study by the Philadelphia Museum of Art5—but in fact four leaders of the miniature revival were men, which undercuts the notion of an inherently feminine medium.6 Illustrated here is Nymph (1898) by one of these painters, William J. Baer (1860-1941) (fig. 1).7 Finally, there has been a tendency to privilege modernist movements incorporating varying degrees of abstraction in the first half of the century. Miniaturists remained representational, only drawing inspiration from late nineteenth-century innovations in the painting of the Impressionists and James A.M. Whistler that they considered compatible. The miniature revival was started in the 1890s by a small number of painters who in many instances were not initially specialists in the medium, but who independently experimented with it alongside their larger oil paintings. These painters assembled into societies for the promotion of miniature painting, through the mounting of annual exhibitions and through the encouragement of the highest standards. The two earliest, longest lasting, and most influential societies were the American Society of Miniature Painters (ASMP), formed in New York City in 1899, and the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters (PSMP), founded in Philadelphia in 1901. Seven of the ten founding members of the ASMP had ties to the Art Students League as former students, or would soon teach there: Isaac A. Josephi (1860-1954), Lydia Field Emmet (1866-1952), Laura Coombs Hills (1859-1952), William J. Whittemore (1860-1955), Alice Beckington (1868-1942), Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1870-1924), and Theodora W. Thayer (1868-1905).8
  • Creator:
    Isaac A. Josephi (1860 - 1954, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1890s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement Style:
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  • Condition:
    Good, some craquelure to sky area retouched. Edge of linen has been relined for durability.
  • Gallery Location:
    Soquel, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: RJA24051stDibs: LU54217127242

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