Begonia Leaves

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Begonia Leaves

1864

George B. Wood (American, 1832–1910)

A fern frond tops caladium and begonia leaves in this painting by Philadelphia native and Quaker George B. Wood. Wood’s attentive rendering responds to the ideas of British art theorist John Ruskin, who advocated the careful depiction of nature. Ruskinian principles dictated that no natural subject, well observed, was too modest to speak to divine creation

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Object Details

Title:

Begonia Leaves

Date:

1864

Artist:

George B. Wood (American, 1832–1910)

Medium:

Oil on paper with prepared ground mounted on board

Dimensions:

7 7/8 × 6 1/4 inches (20 × 15.9 cm) Framed: 13 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (34.3 × 29.2 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Fern and Hersh Cohen, 2014

Accession Number:

2014-177-2

Geography:

Made in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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