TitleMargaret By The Window
Artist
Edward Dufner
(American, 1872 - 1957)
Datec. 1914
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 30 1/8 × 25 1/8 in.
Framed: 36 3/4 × 31 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.
SignedSigned at lower right: "Edward DUFNER".
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, October 7, 1929
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number375-P
Label TextDufner achieved a considerable reputation in Buffalo with paintings of a dark, monochromatic character that clearly demonstrated his affiliation with Whistler. After 1907, when he moved from New York City to the suburb of Caldwell, New Jersey, his style changed radically. By 1911 he was painting out-of-doors and in a high-keyed palette and broken brushstroke, works that were to earn him the title "painter of sunshine." The artist attributed this stylistic change to his having seen an exhibition of work by Willard Metcalf. A duplicate of this painting, also entitled "Margaret by the Window," was offered at Sotheby's in New York, May 22, 1996.
