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The World of Dolls Magazine Winter 1985 Antique Doll Collecting Jumeau Lenci ebay sbd321

George Butler studied with the American artist Thomas Hicks in New York City before going to Paris in 1859 to study with Thomas Couture, whose most famous pupils included Édouard Manet and Puvis de Chavannes. He returned to the United States and served in the Union Army during the Civil War, at which point he lost his right arm. He went to Italy in 1875, where he remained for a number of years. During his stay abroad, Butler painted Capri Lace Maker. Although to a contemporary viewer this work may seem to be a fairly traditional, conservative composition, the bravura of the brushwork and the thick layers of pigment mark the European influence on Butler's style.

[Source: Bukowskis]

Graphic - Charles-Amable Lenoir   1860–1926

Craftspeople - lace maker

A little bit of bobbin lace asmr for y’all since I made good progress on the trim today.

This painting belongs to the genre portraits, new type of portrait created by V.A.Tropinin. A character of the genre portrait is not a specific person but belongs to one of the generalized and idealized human types. Here the nice-looking young girl is staring archly at the viewer. Her figure and movements are full of grace. The image of young and charming simple commoner is linked with the traditions of Sentimentalism. In his "Lace maker" Tropinin embodied the poetry of simplicity and pleasant home life. He showed some interest in the milleu which usually surrounds people. It’s obvious that the still life with scissors in the foreground was interesting for Tropinin no less than the beautiful lace maker. 

The lacemaker. She holds a long piece in her hands, and there seems to be another something rolled up in the basket on the desk. Clearly she is a lady of leisure, the lacemaking would be a hobby not a necessity. A carbon photograph by Baudoux of jersey 1876 - 1878.