Townsend Bradley Martin
1919 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70.1 × 55.2 cm
Collection: Art Whisperer
Townsend Bradley Martin was the grandson of Henry Phipps, the business partner of steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. In this portrait sketch of the young boy in a garden, Townsend’s shirt nearly disappears in the foliage. Abbott Thayer was fascinated with natural history, and he developed a theory of natural camouflage that is obvious in his paintings of animals but often creeps into his portraits as well. (Nemerov, “Vanishing Americans: Abbott Thayer, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Attraction of Camouflage,” American Art, Summer 1997)
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About this artwork
Townsend Bradley Martin (1919) by Abbott Handerson Thayer, oil on canvas, from the Art Whisperer collection.
About Abbott Handerson Thayer
"Painter, best known for his idealistic and allegorical paintings of women as angels and madonnas. His interest in color and nature led to his writing Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909), the basis for camouflage techniques in World War I.
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