Dublin Core
Title
Flowers and Fruit
Description
Some elements of this watercolor are abstract and patterned: the green leaves at left, the tablecloth, wallpaper background, and even the vase’s outline. Other elements, however, show careful attention to modeling and texture, like the orange. Palter seems to be allotting differing levels of detail in this extemporaneous composition: she retains her pencilled outlines and at times uses broad strokes; in certain places her attention focuses to verisimilitude.
About the Artist: We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. Palter graduated from Girls Commercial High School, Brooklyn, in 1929. Her paintings were exhibited in a 1938 FAP show in Flushing, NY along with NDG artist Henry Kallem. She married the abstract painter Albert Swinden—also a Federal Art Project artist—and their daughter Alice Swinden Carter went on to become a sculptor in her own right. 2 more images at FAP.
About the Artist: We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. Palter graduated from Girls Commercial High School, Brooklyn, in 1929. Her paintings were exhibited in a 1938 FAP show in Flushing, NY along with NDG artist Henry Kallem. She married the abstract painter Albert Swinden—also a Federal Art Project artist—and their daughter Alice Swinden Carter went on to become a sculptor in her own right. 2 more images at FAP.
Creator
Palter, Rebecca, 1912-1998
Publisher
Federal Art Project
Date
1935-1940
Contributor
Source
Format
jpeg, 696 KB
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Watercolor painting
Physical Dimensions
11.5 x 16.5 in.
Condition: paper buckled
Geolocation
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