Harry Willson Watrous
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Harry Willson Watrous was an American visual artist who received an academic education in France. His paintings included genre scenes, stylized figural works, landscapes, nocturnes, portraits, religious subjects, and still lifes. His 1913 painting The Drop Sinister, What Shall We Do with It?
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Watrous in his studio in New York, c. 1895.
The Passing of Summer, 1912, Metropolitan Museum.
Lead Us Not Into Temptation, 1916, location unknown.
![The Celebration of the Mass, begun in 1930 and finished in 1935, Metropolitan Museum of Art.[22]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Harry_Willson_Watrous--Celebration_of_the_Mass--c1930-35--Metropolitan_Museum-color_image.jpg/1280px-Harry_Willson_Watrous--Celebration_of_the_Mass--c1930-35--Metropolitan_Museum-color_image.jpg)
The Celebration of the Mass, begun in 1930 and finished in 1935, Metropolitan Museum of Art.[22]
The Drop Sinister, What Shall We Do with It?, c. 1913, Portland Museum of Art (gift of the artist, 1919).Artists from United States 6
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Harry Willson Watrous was an American visual artist who received an academic education in France. His paintings included genre scenes, stylized figural works, landscapes, nocturnes, portraits, religious subjects, and still lifes. His 1913 painting The Drop Sinister, What Shall We Do with It? has been called the first known portrait of an American interracial family. He is perhaps best known for his enigmatic paintings of sophisticated women, often darkly dressed and seen in profile.
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