TitleUrania
Artist
Samuel Isham
(1855 - 1914)
Date1895
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 29 × 24 in.
Framed: 44 3/4 × 39 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.
SignedSigned at lower right: "S. Isham 95".
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, November 5, 1906
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number652-P
Label TextSamuel Isham's "Urania" illustrates the convergence of naturalism and allegory in the human figure during the American Renaissance. Trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, Isham developed a great appreciation for and familiarity with art history, a subject that he taught at the National Academy and Columbia University. His rigorous education influenced his choices of allegorical subjects and lent a feeling of intellectual seriousness to his art. In Isham's composition, "Urania," the Greek muse of astronomy, contemplates her astral globe, the contour of her head echoing the sphere in her hand.Collections
- 19th Century Highlights from the Collection
