The portrait of Julia Foster Ward was done by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre in 1880. The medium is oil on canvas, it is 34 1/8” h x 27” w, it was made in the romanticism era and it is located in the Junior League Great Hall Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, Florida. It is part of the French culture in the 1836-1911 period. The museum purchase was done thanks to the funds donated by Mary Alice and Doyle Mc Clendon in 2008. Julia was born in 1857. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Seeley Ward. Julia Foster Ward died when she was 21 years old. She is painted in a three quarter profile in richly embroidered classically-inspired attire: pay attention to the skillfully painted golden threads at her shoulders. This is a post-mortem
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The romanticism period was characterized by the focus on emotions, feelings and moods of all kinds including spirituality, inventiveness, thriller, and passion. The subject matter varied widely including landscapes, religion and neutral beauty. The brushwork for romantic art became sloppy and less exact. Romanticism was a cultural movement that started in Europe. It was somewhat of an answer to the industrial revolution which occurred during the same time period. The movement overwhelmed the thoughtful thinking, literature, melody and creativity. The Romantic Movement initiated at the end of the 1700’s and reached its crest in the early 1800s. It marked the end of the Baroque movement and was followed by Realism. This movement was one of the first times in history of art and landscapes became a significant subject for painting. Another art movement took place at the same time called Neoclassicism. Neoclassicism was very different and focused on ethical purpose, reasoning and restraint. Romantic literature combines the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Wordsworth, John Keats and Nathanial
The romanticism period was characterized by the focus on emotions, feelings and moods of all kinds including spirituality, inventiveness, thriller, and passion. The subject matter varied widely including landscapes, religion and neutral beauty. The brushwork for romantic art became sloppy and less exact. Romanticism was a cultural movement that started in Europe. It was somewhat of an answer to the industrial revolution which occurred during the same time period. The movement overwhelmed the thoughtful thinking, literature, melody and creativity. The Romantic Movement initiated at the end of the 1700’s and reached its crest in the early 1800s. It marked the end of the Baroque movement and was followed by Realism. This movement was one of the first times in history of art and landscapes became a significant subject for painting. Another art movement took place at the same time called Neoclassicism. Neoclassicism was very different and focused on ethical purpose, reasoning and restraint. Romantic literature combines the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Wordsworth, John Keats and Nathanial