Modern and Contemporary Art Portrait of Henry P. McIlhenny 1941 Franklin Chenault Watkins, American, 1894 - 1972 Oil on canvas Currently not on view 1986-26-38 The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986 |
LabelAlthough Franklin Watkins was born in New York in 1894, he spent most of his life in Philadelphia, where he documented the city's elite through portraiture. While some critics regarded his portraits as simple caricatures, others praised the artist for capturing his sitters' personalities. In this painting, the prominent Philadelphia art collector Henry P. McIlhenny is surrounded by a few of the objects from his collection, including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance (1890), a small sculpture by Honore Daumier, and a French neo-classical writing cabinet, all of which are now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
