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Winged Figure

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oil paint (paint)95 × 130 Cm

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This female angel is one of many that Abbott Handerson Thayer painted during his career. Originally a painter of animals, Thayer created portraits and then allegorical figures like this example after training in Paris. The artist wrote of his seraphic subjects, “I have put on wings probably more to symbolize an exalted atmosphere . . . where one need not explain the action of his figures.” Other late 19th-century artists such as Augustus Saint-Gaudens also represented angelic female figures to personify what they perceived as the virtues of women. In Winged Figure, Thayer mixed this idealism with a level of naturalism, particularizing the woman’s features and giving her form a sense of mass and gravity.

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Medium	oil paint (paint)
Dimensions	95 × 130 Cm
Tags	mythologypeopleportraits
Certificate	Certificate not provided

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Hillyer Art Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1889

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Hillyer Art Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1889

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Glenda Smith Walters, "This place That I Go.."

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Glenda Smith Walters, "This place That I Go.." (Xulon Press, 2012), cover (ill.).

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Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960...

2026 at 07:59 PM

Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].

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Nelson C. White, Abbott H. Thayer, Painter and Naturalist

2026 at 07:51 PM

Nelson C. White, Abbott H. Thayer, Painter and Naturalist (Hartford: Connecticut Printers, Inc., 1951), ill. p. 288.

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sold by him to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.

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sold by him to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1947.

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Julius H....

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Julius H. Weitzner, New York, 1947

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Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946

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Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1946

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New York, Gimbel Brothers, Turn of the Century American Paintings, Dec. 1, 1946.

2026 at 07:46 PM

New York, Gimbel Brothers, Turn of the Century American Paintings, Dec. 1, 1946.

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Smith College Handbook

2026 at 07:25 PM

Smith College Handbook (1925), ill. p. 54.

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Nathaniel Pousette–Dart, Abbot H. Thayer

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Nathaniel Pousette–Dart, Abbot H. Thayer (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1923).

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Abbott Handerson Thayer, Mar. 20–Apr. 30, 1922, cat. no. 32, ill.;

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Abbott Handerson Thayer, Mar. 20–Apr. 30, 1922, cat. no. 32, ill.;

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Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Abbott H. Thayer Memorial Exhibition, May 9–31, 1922, cat. no. 21, ill.

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Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Abbott H. Thayer Memorial Exhibition, May 9–31, 1922, cat. no. 21, ill.

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Bulletin of Smith College Hillyer Art Gallery, March 30, 1922, ill. on cover.

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Bulletin of Smith College Hillyer Art Gallery, March 30, 1922, ill. on cover.

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Helen M. Beatty, “Abbot H. Thayer,” Scribner’s Magazine, 70, 3

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Helen M. Beatty, “Abbot H. Thayer,” Scribner’s Magazine, 70, 3 (Septmeber 1921), 379–384, ill. opp. p. 259.

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Helen M. Beatty, “Abbott H. Thayer,” American Magazine of Art, 12, 10

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Helen M. Beatty, “Abbott H. Thayer,” American Magazine of Art, 12, 10 (1921), 328–334, ill. p. 333.

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Pittsburgh, Pa., Carnegie Institute, Abbott H. Thayer, Apr. 24–June 30, 1919, cat. no. 2, ill. opposite p. 30.

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Pittsburgh, Pa., Carnegie Institute, Abbott H. Thayer, Apr. 24–June 30, 1919, cat. no. 2, ill. opposite p. 30.

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“The Summer Exhibition of American Paintings at the Albright Art Gallery,” Academy Notes 9

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“The Summer Exhibition of American Paintings at the Albright Art Gallery,” Academy Notes 9 (July 1914), ill. p. 82.

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Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Ninth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, May 16–Aug. 31, 1914, cat. no. 113.

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Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Ninth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, May 16–Aug. 31, 1914, cat. no. 113.

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Leila Mechlin, “The Albright Art Gallery,” Art and Progress, 5, 11

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Leila Mechlin, “The Albright Art Gallery,” Art and Progress, 5, 11 (September 1914), ill. p. 395.

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Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fifth Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 15, 1914–Jan. 24, 1915, cat. no. 71.

2026 at 07:14 PM

Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fifth Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 15, 1914–Jan. 24, 1915, cat. no. 71.

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Washington DC, National Museum of American Art, Abbott Thayer: The Nature of Art, Apr. 23–Sept. 6, 1999.

1999 at 10:21 PM

Washington DC, National Museum of American Art, Abbott Thayer: The Nature of Art, Apr. 23–Sept. 6, 1999.

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Excerpts from Sister Serene’s Diary Concerning Her Journey from the Worldly Life to Becoming A Child of God

1994 at 10:21 PM

Excerpts from Sister Serene’s Diary Concerning Her Journey from the Worldly Life to Becoming A Child of God (Santa Cruz, CA: Wilderness Retreat Center, 1994), ill.

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Georg Feurstein, Sacred Sexuality

1993 at 10:21 PM

Georg Feurstein, Sacred Sexuality (Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1993), ill.

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Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Sept. 17–Nov. 7, 1982; New York, National Academy of Design, Dec. 10–Jan. 23, 1983.

1982 at 10:21 PM

Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Sept. 17–Nov. 7, 1982; New York, National Academy of Design, Dec. 10–Jan. 23, 1983.

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Thomas B. Brumbaugh, “An Artist and His Model: Abbott H. Thayer and Clara May,” American Art Journal, 10, 1

1978 at 10:21 PM

Thomas B. Brumbaugh, “An Artist and His Model: Abbott H. Thayer and Clara May,” American Art Journal, 10, 1 (May 1978), 24–32, ill. p. 24.

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Thomas B. Brumbaugh, “The Monumental Art of Abbott H. Thayer,” Antiques, 103

1973 at 10:21 PM

Thomas B. Brumbaugh, “The Monumental Art of Abbott H. Thayer,” Antiques, 103 (June 1973), 1134–1140, ill. p. 1137, fig. 6.