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Abbott Handerson Thayer
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1849-1921
Fan account of Abbott Handerson Thayer, Painter, best known for his idealistic and allegorical paintings of women as angels and madonnas. #artbot by @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
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Tomb of Verona https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/tomb-of-verona
Tomb of Verona
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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N. American Indians, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=58210
N. American Indians, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Lion at Rest https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/lion-at-rest
Lion at Rest
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Study of Alma Wollerman https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/study-of-alma-wollerman-1908
Study of Alma Wollerman
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Oligocentra Lignicolor, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=43971
Oligocentra Lignicolor, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Winged Figure Seated Upon a Rock https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/winged-figure-seated-upon-a-rock
Winged Figure Seated Upon a Rock
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Study of the Artist's Son, Gerald (1883-1939) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/308240
Drawn on the back of a mounted illustration of interior scene with mural. Illustration has been partly torn away from cardboard. Upside down from direction of drawing. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Giovanni Castano, in honor of Paul J. Sachs's 70th birthday
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Village Street, Dominica http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23956
Village Street, Dominica
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Skunks, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=58193
Skunks, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Road at Nantucket https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/road-at-nantucket-1881
Road at Nantucket
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Urania Moth, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=58186
Urania Moth, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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White Flamingoes https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/white-flamingoes-1909
White Flamingoes
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Virgin Enthroned https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/virgin-enthroned-1891
Virgin Enthroned
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/male-wood-duck-in-a-forest-pool-1909
Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The Sisters https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/the-sisters-1884-0
The Sisters
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Red Flamingoes https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/red-flamingoes-1909
Red Flamingoes
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Winged Figure Seated Upon a Rock https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/winged-figure-seated-upon-a-rock-1903
Winged Figure Seated Upon a Rock
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Monadnock https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/monadnock-1917
Monadnock
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Monadnock in Winter https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/monadnock-in-winter-1904
Monadnock in Winter
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Autumn Landscape https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/autumn-landscape-1866
Autumn Landscape
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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"...for War Horses and Cannon Carriage to make them Invisible", study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=58216
"...for War Horses and Cannon Carriage to make them Invisible", study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Winged Figure https://www.artic.edu/artworks/59798/
This female angel is one of many that Abbott Handerson Thayer painted during his career. Originally a painter of animals, Thayer created portraits and then allegorical figures like this example after training in Paris. The artist wrote of his seraphic subjects, “I have put on wings probably more to symbolize an exalted atmosphere . . . where one need not explain the action of his figures.” Other late 19th-century artists such as Augustus Saint-Gaudens also represented angelic female figures to personify what they perceived as the virtues of women. In Winged Figure, Thayer mixed this idealism with a level of naturalism, particularizing the woman’s features and giving her form a sense of mass and gravity. Simeon B. Williams Fund
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Monadnock, Winter Sunrise https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/monadnock-winter-sunrise-1919
Monadnock, Winter Sunrise
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Two Antelopes, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=58218
Two Antelopes, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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My Children https://www.wikiart.org/en/abbott-handerson-thayer/my-children-1897
My Children
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM