ARTIST: Elizabeth Hamilton Thayer Huntington (Massachusetts, 1878 - 1963)
TITLE: Still Life with Buddha (titled on verso)
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Some scratches/paint losses mostly along the right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm
FRAME SIZE: 28 x 22 inches / 71 x 55 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 134434
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BIOGRAPHY:
Elizabeth Hamilton Huntington, (October 8, 1878 - 1963) was a 20th-century American painter best known for her still life and floral paintings, often executed in pastel on paper.Elizabeth Hamilton Thayer (later Elizabeth Hamilton Huntington) was born in South Braintree, Massachusetts in 1878. Huntington was related to the painter Abbot Thayer, via her mother, Alexander Hamilton.She attended the Massachusetts College of the Arts in Boston where she studied under Ernest Lee Major.During her engagement to her future husband, Raymond, Huntington was diagnosed with polio that paralyzed the right side of her body. In order to continue painting she had to manipulate her non-functional right arm using her left arm. Huntington's husband hand made a desk that could be fit to a car in order for her to paint.Huntington's disability greatly affected her ability to take part in the art community of Boston. Huntington created a salon in her home, where people would show their art and give lectures. In 1933, this group became officially known as the Wellesley Society of Artists. The WSA is still in operation today.Huntington's work was exhibited in the late 2000s and early 2010s both at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts and at the now-defunct Floria Museum for Women Artists in DeLand, Florida. Huntington's work was collected by champions of the unknown, like Samuel M. Robbins of Newton, Massachusetts.