John White Alexander and the Feminine Aesthetic: A Discussion of the Artist's Late Works (1901-1915)
Date of Award
8-19-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Floyd Martin
Abstract
Upon his death in 1915, John White Alexander was recognized as a popular portrait painter, muralist, and genre painter in America. Scholarship on Alexander is limited and, in many instances, his later works are overlooked suggesting that Alexander's late paintings suffered due to the focus on of his artistic philanthropy to American art schools. His style, at the end of his life, is believed to have decreased from a strong Art Nouveau style seen in his earlier works. It is the intent of this thesis to show that Alexander's late works did not decline from his earlier style, but displayed further development of his earlier techniques, suggesting that he shied away from Modern trends and refined a more decorative and dramatic genre image. Alexander's works display a reverence for women and a genre of "private moments" that stretch over the course of his short life and career.
Recommended Citation
Meyer, Jeanne-Marie Adelle, "John White Alexander and the Feminine Aesthetic: A Discussion of the Artist's Late Works (1901-1915)" (2013). Theses and Dissertations. 422.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/422
