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Artist
Title

Study for Story of the Madonna

Date
circa 1900
Century
19th century
Medium & Support
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Stretched canvas: 18 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. , Frame: 26 1/2 x 22 3/8 in.
Style
Tonalism
Object Type
Paintings
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Louis Vargo
Accession Number
1976.53.21
Copyright
In Copyright, Rights Holder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable
© Estate of Elliott Daingerfield
ON VIEW
Description

Madonna holding child on left, figure reading from book and another child in lower right. This is a study for a larger work held in a private collection.

Label History

Daingerfield spent his youth in Fayetteville, NC, before moving to New York City at age 21. There he came under the mentorship of the landscape painter George Inness, with whom he shared a belief in the spiritual aspects of art and who taught him techniques for creating a light-infused atmosphere in his paintings. In 1886 Daingerfield moved to Blowing Rock, NC, to recover from diphtheria. He would maintain a summer home and studio there for the rest of his life. After 1894 Daingerfield shifted his focus from landscapes and genre scenes to religious subjects such as this study for the Story of the Madonna, which is a study for a larger work currently held in a private collection.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
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Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Cindy Buckner

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