Lady in Yellow (Eleanor Reeves)
Artist
Susan Watkins
(American, 1875 - 1913)
Date1902
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions44 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. (113 × 90.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 58 × 47 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (147.3 × 120 × 7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 58 × 47 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (147.3 × 120 × 7 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineBequest of Goldsborough Serpell
Object number46.76.137
Terms
- Woman
- Interior
- Umbrella
- Fashion
- Multi
Collections
On View
Not on viewLabel TextSusan Watkins American, 1875–1913 Lady in Yellow (Eleanor Reeves), 1902 Oil on canvas After building an international reputation in Paris and New York, American painter Susan Watkins married her longtime suitor, Norfolk native Goldsborough Serpell, in 1912. The couple moved to Virginia, but the artist had already fallen ill and died the following year. Her husband later donated 62 works by Watkins to the Museum. Unlike John Singer Sargent and professional society portraitists of the day, Watkins concentrated on creating distinctive visual arrangements of light and color, using family and friends as models. Here her sister Eleanor poses in a shadowy interior wearing a brilliant yellow dress. Bequest of Goldsborough Serpell 46.76.137
Elisabeth Hase