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M.A.H. Burke, Elizabeth Nourse, 1859-1938, A Salon Career, Washington, D.C., 1983, p. 207, no. C-54
After training at the Cincinnati School of Design, Elizabeth Nourse went to Paris in 1887 to study at the Academie Julian. Finding Nourse's work far superior to that of her contemporaries, her professor, Gustave Boulanger, quickly suggested she paint independently.
Travelling extensively throughout Europe and Russia, Nourse made a trip to Italy in 1890. A devout Catholic, the artist was intensely interested in the religious nature of the Italian people and culture. Nourse made a pilgrimage to Assisi, one of the spiritual centers of the Christian world, where she was possibly inspired to paint Cappuchin Monk. Nourse also executed a preparatory charcoal drawing of the same title listed in the above citation.
An early work of 1890, Cappuchin Monk reveals Nourse's ability to capture the fine details of the sitter's face and hands while simultaneously expressing the forms of the cloak and book with wide, suggestive brushstrokes.
M.A.H. Burke, Elizabeth Nourse, 1859-1938, A Salon Career, Washington, D.C., 1983, p. 207, no. C-54
After training at the Cincinnati School of Design, Elizabeth Nourse went to Paris in 1887 to study at the Academie Julian. Finding Nourse's work far superior to that of her contemporaries, her professor, Gustave Boulanger, quickly suggested she paint independently.
Travelling extensively throughout Europe and Russia, Nourse made a trip to Italy in 1890. A devout Catholic, the artist was intensely interested in the religious nature of the Italian people and culture. Nourse made a pilgrimage to Assisi, one of the spiritual centers of the Christian world, where she was possibly inspired to paint Cappuchin Monk. Nourse also executed a preparatory charcoal drawing of the same title listed in the above citation.
An early work of 1890, Cappuchin Monk reveals Nourse's ability to capture the fine details of the sitter's face and hands while simultaneously expressing the forms of the cloak and book with wide, suggestive brushstrokes.