Abbott Handerson Thayer
American artist (1849-1921) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 71
Abbott Handerson Thayer was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in major American art collections.
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A Virgin (1892-93), painted allusion to Winged Victory of Samothrace
Monadnock in Winter, 1904, oil on canvas
Angel, 1887, oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Sisters, 1884, oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum![A photograph of a countershading study conducted by Thayer. The model on the left is camouflaged and visible whereas another on the right is countershaded and invisible.[25]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Abbott_thayer_countershading.jpg/500px-Abbott_thayer_countershading.jpg)
A photograph of a countershading study conducted by Thayer. The model on the left is camouflaged and visible whereas another on the right is countershaded and invisible.[25]!["Thayer straining the theory to a fantastic extreme":[26] White Flamingoes, Red Flamingoes and The Skies They Simulate (dawn or dusk), painted by Thayer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Plate_X_White_and_Red_Flamingoes_and_The_Skies_They_Simulate_by_Thayer.jpg/1280px-Plate_X_White_and_Red_Flamingoes_and_The_Skies_They_Simulate_by_Thayer.jpg)
"Thayer straining the theory to a fantastic extreme":[26] White Flamingoes, Red Flamingoes and The Skies They Simulate (dawn or dusk), painted by Thayer
My Children, c. 1896-1910. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn MuseumAwards
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He is perhaps best known for his 'angel' paintings, some of which use his children as models.
