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Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
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Work Title (display):
The Grape (Wine Maker)
Image Title:
full view
Work Dates (display):
ca. 1906
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
Arthur Frank Mathews (American, 1860-1945)
Work Creator gender:
male
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Work Creator notes (display):
(b Markesan, WI, 1 Oct 1860; d San Francisco, CA, 19 Feb 1945). American painter, designer and teacher. First trained by his architect father, he worked as a freelance illustrator before deciding in 1885 to study painting in Paris. He spent about 15 months at the Académie Julian and exhibited at three Salons before returning to California in 1889. He soon began teaching at the California School of Design (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and in 1896 was promoted to Director. During his 16-year tenure, Mathews reformed the curriculum in line with academic practice in Paris and New York and exerted a powerful influence over hundreds of students. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, Mathews left the school, aligning himself with artists, architects and businessmen eager to rebuild San Francisco. With his wife (and former student), Lucia Kleinhans Mathews (18701955), and a partner, John Zeile, he embarked on several ventures: the magazine Philopolis (190616) emphasized art and city planning; the Philopolis Press (190718) published poetry and essays; and the Furniture Shop (?19081920) produced decorative furnishings for local businesses and individuals. Their designs for these enterprises included page layouts, furniture, decorative objects and picture frames, with motifs drawn from California's landscape, wildflowers and harvest. While Lucia produced mainly works on paper (e.g. Portrait of a Red-haired Girl, 1910; Oakland, CA, Mus.) and designs for Philopolis and the Furniture Shop, Arthur also painted easel pictures and mural decorations and wrote articles for the magazine. His early style was coloured strongly by his academic training (e.g. The Lilies of Midas, 1888; San Francisco, CA, F.A. Museums), but after 1900 his style shifted to embrace low tonal values and flat decorative patterns (e.g. Cypress Grove, 1903; Oakland, CA, Mus.), reflecting his experience as a muralist and admiration of James McNeill Whistler and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. In his paintings, Mathews created idyllic worlds, often pure landscapes, or scenes of women dressed in flowing robes, reading or dancing outdoors. His murals generally envision harmonious progress from nature to civilization. His most elaborate, The Story of California (1913-14; Sacramento, CA, State Capitol), expresses state history in four triptychs, moving from the landing of the Spanish fleet through the mission and Gold Rush eras, culminating in a classically conceived 'Dream City of Beauty and Justice'. (Grove Art Online accessed 2007-10-23)
Work Style Period:
Art Nouveau
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Art Nouveau
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false
Work Style Period:
Modernist
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Modernist
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false
Work Style Period:
20th century
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20th century
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Work Subject:
women (female humans)
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women (female humans)
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false
Work Subject:
wine making (process)
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wine making (process)
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Work Subject:
wine
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wine
Work Subject
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Work Subject:
figures
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figures
Work Subject
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Work Subject:
classicism
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classicism
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
nudes (representations)
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nudes (representations)
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
landscapes (representations)
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landscapes (representations)
Work Subject
false
Work Worktype:
oil paintings
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oil paintings
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Work Worktype:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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Work Category (VRC classification):
paintings
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paintings
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
oil on canvas
Work Measurements (display):
66 cm (H) x 61 cm (W)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
repository
Work Location (Repository or Site) refid:
37656
Work Location (Repository or Site) refid type:
accession
Work Location (Geographic) name:
San Francisco, California
Image Rights (display):
© Ronald Wiedenhoeft. Licensed for educational use via Scholars Resource: Saskia, Ltd.
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Work Rights (display):
public domain
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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