THAYER, ABBOTT HANDERSON

thâr, 1849–1921, American painter, b. Boston, studied in Paris with Gérôme and at the École des Beaux-Arts. Known as a painter of animals and of landscapes, he was also noted for his idealized figures of women, among these The Virgin (Freer Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.), Caritas (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), and Young Woman (Metropolitan Mus.). He also worked in portraiture. With his son Gerald Thayer, he wrote Protective Coloration of the Animal Kingdom (1909), which was used in camouflaging in World War I.

See study by N. C. White (1951).

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Imaging American Women: Idea and Ideals in Cultural History
Book by Martha Banta; Columbia University Press, 1987
Subjects: Feminine Beauty (Aesthetics)--United States, Popular Culture--United States--History--19th Century, Popular Culture--United States--History--20th Century, Women In Art, Women In Literature, Women--United States--Psychology, Women--United States--Social Conditions
...Woman 1896 . 50 1.9.Abbott Handerson Thayer, "Head of a Woman with...2.15.Abbott Handerson Thayer, "Portrait of Bessie Price...5.8.and 5.9.Abbott Handerson Thayer, with Gerald Thayer, Emma...
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Frank W. Benson, American Impressionist
Book by Faith Andrews Bedford; Rizzoli, 1994
Subjects: Benson, Frank Weston--1862-1951--Criticism And Interpretation, Impressionism (Art)--United States, Ten American Painters (New York, N.Y.)--Membership
...Smith as well was drawn to Dublin to study with Abbott Handerson Thayer. 25 Thayer, born in Boston, had been working...day . . . over 100 in all," Benson PLATE 19 Abbott Handerson Thayer, Monadnock Angel detail , c. 1920. Oil on...
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Index to Reproductions of American Paintings: A Guide to Pictures Occurring in More Than Eight Hundred Books
Book by Isabel Stevenson Monro, Kate M. Monro; H. W. Wilson, 1948
Subjects: Painters--United States, Painting, American
...A. Modern Negro art . N.Y., Dryden press, 1943 Pousette-Dart. Abbott H. Thayer -- Thayer, Abbott Handerson . Abbott H. Thayer , comp by Nathaniel Pousette-Dart. N.Y., Frederick A. Stokes co. 1923 Distinguished American...
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Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
Book by Stephen Jay Gould; Norton, 1991
Subjects: Evolution--Popular Works, Natural History--Popular Works
...confined them to ridicule or obscurity retells their stories as relevant and instructive today. Thus, I write about Abbot Thayers theory that flamingos are red to hide them from predators in the sunset, Petrus Campers real intent criteria for art in...
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The Eccentrics and Other American Visionary Painters
Book by Abraham A. Davidson; E. P. Dutton, 1978
Subjects: Fantasy In Art, Painting, American, Painting, Modern--19th Century--United States, Romanticism In Art--United States, Surrealism--United States
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Angels Look Homeward
Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, June 7, 1999
Subjects: Angels--Social aspects
...those rendered by the painter Abbott Handerson Thayer, one of the United States most...born in 1848 and died in 1921), Thayers portraits and other paintings...American Art in Washington. Thayers angels -- seven of them in the...


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Complex Exhibit of 'Pretty Women'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 10, 2005
Subjects: Art exhibitions--Exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions, Smithsonian Institution. Freer Gallery of Art
...expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler and Americans Abbott Handerson Thayer, Dwight William Tryon and Thomas Wilmer Dewing...on wood panel. The oil-on-canvas "Head" is by Abbott Handerson Thayer. Both are at the Freer Gallery of Art. 2 Photos...
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Renwick Reopens Refurbished Salon
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 3, 2000
...Other artists represented include George Catlin, George Inness, Edmonia Lewis, Rembrandt Peale, Hiram Powers, Abbott Handerson Thayer and John Twachtman. The nearby Octagon Room shows several works by Winslow Homer, including "Man With Scythe...


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Thayer, Abbott Handerson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
THAYER, ABBOTT HANDERSON thar, 1849 1921, American painter, b. Boston, studied in Paris with...Metropolitan Mus.). He also worked in portraiture. With his son Gerald Thayer, he wrote Protective Coloration of the Animal Kingdom (1909), which...


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