Alice Schille (1869-1955) was one of the finest watercolour artists of her time. Born in Columbus, OH, she studied in New York and Paris, influenced by progressive art movements. Afterwards she travelled the world, painting still-lifes, landscapes and gardens, mothers and children, market and harbour scenes.
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Sensitive American impressionist, major watercolorist, fauvist, dynamic landscape artist, acute and compassionate portrait painter: Alice Schille (1869-1955) held all those distinctions in her long career, adding to her various styles an impressive sense of speed, pale shades and bright curves. With 185 color and 34 b&w images, Alice Schille companion for an exhibit at the Canton (Ohio) Museum of Art provides an opportunity to view the Schille oeuvre in all its significant phases: fans of Mary Cassatt or of Walter Sickert will never be the same. William H. Gerdts, professor emeritus of art history at the City University of New York, covers both the life and the paintings in cogent, informed prose.
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Why is Schille, a master American watercolorist (1869-1955), so little known? Perhaps, prolific art historian Gerdts suggests, because she chose to live in her hometown, Columbus, Ohio, rather than in New York or Paris, where she studied. Given her generation, her gender is also a factor, as is her medium: watercolor is unfairly maligned as the choice of amateurs. Thankfully, Schille is now resurrected in 181 splendid color reproductions of her radiant, dappled, finely textured, and highly animated paintings (most held in private collections), accompanied by Gerdts' enlightening coverage of her adventurous life and ever-evolving aesthetic. Born well-to-do, Schille had superb training, taught art, and was free to spend her summers painting in France, England, the Netherlands, Dalmatia, North Africa, New Mexico, and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Innovative, skilled, and acutely responsive to light, color, and the spirit of place, Schille, who deserves comparison with Maurice Prendergast, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent, improvised freely on impressionism, pointillism, and Fauvism to create the ideal approach to each interior, city scene, and landscape. Donna Seaman
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Alice Schille (1869-1955) is considered to have been one of America's premier female watercolorists whose still lifes, landscapes, gardens, market scenes, harbor views, mothers and children depictions are timeless in their appeal and creatively balance realism with sentiment. This compendium of 185 colorplates and 34 b/w illustrations is augmented with an informative commentary by William H. Gerdts (Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Graduate School of the City University of New York). Alice Shille is an important, core addition to any personal, academic, or community library American art history reference collection.
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