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The Old House
- Artist: Jerome Myers, American, 1867-1940
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dates: ca. 1908-1915
- Dimensions: 24 7/8 x 29 15/16 in. (63.2 x 76 cm)
- Signature: Signed lower right: "Jerome Myers. / NY 1915"
- Collections: American Art
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 18.26
- Credit Line: John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
- Image: Overall, 18.26_transp3352.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Jerome Myers's art is classified as Realism since he focused on the urban poor for his subject matter. Unlike many of his contemporaries, however, he refrained from making obvious political or social statements in his art and instead simply appreciated the visual excitement of New York s teeming streets. Myers wrote, "Curiously enough, my contemplation of these humble lives opened to me the doors of fancy. The factory clothes, the anxious faces disappeared
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum