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''Miss Amelia Van Buren'' or ''Portrait of Amelia C. Van Buren'' is a ca. 1891 painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), now in The Phillips Collection. It depicts Amelia Van Buren (c. 1856-1942), an artist who studied with Eakins, and was called "one of his most gifted pupils."〔Sewell, 260〕 The painting is considered one of Eakins's finest works.〔Sewell, 260〕〔Wilmerding. 1993. Page 121〕 ==Background== Van Buren studied with Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1884 and 1885. In 1886 Eakins described her as "a lady of perhaps thirty years or more, and from Detroit() She came to the Academy some years ago to study figure painting by which art she hoped to support herself, her parents I believe being dead. I early recognized her as a very capable person. She had a temperament sensitive to color and form, was grave, earnest, thoughtful, and industrious. She soon surpassed her fellows, and I marked her as one I ought to help in every way...."〔Sewell, 260〕 Eakins's helpfulness included unusual methods: he once disrobed privately for Van Buren in order to demonstrate an anatomical point, an action that he characterized as purely professional. Nevertheless, the story was one of numerous controversial incidents used by Eakins's political adversaries to prompt his dismissal from the Pennsylvania Academy.〔Homer. 1992. Pages 167, 176〕〔Wilmerding. 1993. Page 120〕 After she had ceased studying with Eakins, Van Buren frequently stayed as a guest in his Mount Vernon Street home, and likely posed for the painting during one of her visits to Philadelphia. Although the painting is dated c. 1891,〔1891 is the date accepted by most scholars, although some have proposed a slightly earlier date based on the recollections of friends of Eakins. Wilmerding. 1993. Page 121〕 it is also possible that the portrait could have been painted during a long stay with Eakins and his wife from December 6, 1888 to August 12, 1889.〔Sewell, 260〕 Another friend and student of Eakins's, Charles Bregler, later wrote "I recall with pleasure looking on for several hours one afternoon while he (Eakins) was painting in this room that beautiful portrait of Miss Van Buren....No conversation took place, his attention being entirely concentrated on the painting."〔Sewell, 260〕 Van Buren eventually left painting to devote herself to photography. There exist several photographs of her that have been attributed to Eakins or his circle.〔Sewell, 260〕 She established a Boston marriage with fellow Eakins student Eva Watson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miss Amelia Van Buren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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