Edith Perley, Mrs. Lincoln N. Kinnicutt
Artist
Frank Weston Benson
(American, 1862–1951)
Date1909
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 127.8 × 102.6 cm (50 5/16 × 40 3/8 in.)
framed: 158 × 132.7 cm (62 3/16 × 52 1/4 in.)
framed: 158 × 132.7 cm (62 3/16 × 52 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edith Kinnicutt Pierpont
Object number1980.137
Label TextEdith Perley Kinnicutt (1856-1923) was a prominent citizen of Worcester and for many years a leader in the women's suffrage movement. She was an active member and president of The Girls' Club and the Worcester Civic League, and a generous benefactor to many charitable causes for women. In 1878 she married Lincoln N. Kinnicutt (1849-1921) of Worcester, a banker and broker in the city. Their son, Dr. Roger Kinnicutt, was President of the Worcester Art Museum from 1952-1960.
A native of Salem, Massachusetts, Frank W. Benson was one of the most influential artists and teachers in Boston at the turn of the century. He was a founding member in 1898 of The Ten American Painters, a group of New York and Boston Impressionists. Also, he taught for almost thirty years (1889-1917) at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he influenced a younger generation of painters.
This work is a fine example of Benson's portrait style that combines his interest in Impressionism in the broad brushwork with an elegant, refined composition reminiscent of his early academic training.
ProvenanceMr. Lincoln N. Kinnicutt, Worcester, to 1921; Mrs. Lincoln N. Kinnicutt, to 1923; Dr. Roger Kinnicutt, Worcester, 10 1962; Mrs. Roger Kinnicutt, to c. 1978 (Margaret Struther Moen)On View
Not on view
