Can anyone identify this painting?

bopperd · October 16th, 2010, 11:08 PM

My mother, Joanne Witte, graduated from Washington University in 1951 with a degree in art. She painted the attached oil on canvas as an assignment. She told me the name of the original artist some years before her death, but I have forgotten the details. My recollection was that the original had been lost for some time, but was found hidden in a coal mine some time after WWII. Any help would be appreciated.

Dave Schinbeckler

saintmarc · October 17th, 2010, 06:02 AM

It is Edouard Manet "Dans la serre" (in the greenhouse) or in the winter garden
http://www.impressionism-art.org/img735.htm
Your mother was a real artist.

bopperd · October 25th, 2010, 08:10 PM

Thanks so much for identifying this work. Yes, my mother was quite an artist. She went on to work as a staff fashion artist for Wolf & Dessaur, Nobbsons, and L.S. Ayres in Fort Wayne, Indiana, back in the days when stores had their own art departments which generated fashion art for newspaper and magazine advertisements. She often brought home work and on those occasions when her manniken would not suffice, I was drafted into service and dressed in (groan) ladies dresses, coats, and hats, and compelled to strike various uncomfortable poses as my mother sketched away. This practice would have been less uncomfortable had I not been a ten-year-old boy and positioned directly in front of the huge picture window of our home, in full view of the neighbors and passers-by. Now, at the age of 57, I am the last of my generation and have created a memorial gallery of my mother's work in my home. This facsimile is the last of her work to be added. Thank you for your help.
Dave Schinbeckler

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October 17th, 2010, 06:02 AM	#2
saintmarc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 347	It is Edouard Manet "Dans la serre" (in the greenhouse) or in the winter garden http://www.impressionism-art.org/img735.htm Your mother was a real artist.

October 25th, 2010, 08:10 PM	#3
bopperd Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2	Thanks so much for identifying this work. Yes, my mother was quite an artist. She went on to work as a staff fashion artist for Wolf & Dessaur, Nobbsons, and L.S. Ayres in Fort Wayne, Indiana, back in the days when stores had their own art departments which generated fashion art for newspaper and magazine advertisements. She often brought home work and on those occasions when her manniken would not suffice, I was drafted into service and dressed in (groan) ladies dresses, coats, and hats, and compelled to strike various uncomfortable poses as my mother sketched away. This practice would have been less uncomfortable had I not been a ten-year-old boy and positioned directly in front of the huge picture window of our home, in full view of the neighbors and passers-by. Now, at the age of 57, I am the last of my generation and have created a memorial gallery of my mother's work in my home. This facsimile is the last of her work to be added. Thank you for your help. Dave Schinbeckler