The Morning News
Frederick James Boston
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Who wouldn’t prefer a newspaper to dirty dishes? Paintings of women reading newspapers were rare in the 1880s, and those featuring working-class mothers or maids even rarer. With few exceptions, newspapers were still the purview of men.
While he was an art student in Paris in the 1880s, Frederick Boston may have seen Mary Cassatt’s Impressionist portraits of her wealthy female relations reading newspapers. In the 1890s, Boston became a major figure on the Brooklyn art scene and served as the first art instructor at the fledgling Brooklyn Museum.
While he was an art student in Paris in the 1880s, Frederick Boston may have seen Mary Cassatt’s Impressionist portraits of her wealthy female relations reading newspapers. In the 1890s, Boston became a major figure on the Brooklyn art scene and served as the first art instructor at the fledgling Brooklyn Museum.
Caption
Frederick James Boston (American, 1855–1932). The Morning News, 1887. Oil on canvas, 28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm) frame: 42 × 36 × 5 1/4 in. (106.7 × 91.4 × 13.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in loving memory of Mildred M. Lowe, 2013.24. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Morning News
Date
1887
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
28 × 22 in. (71.1 × 55.9 cm) frame: 42 × 36 × 5 1/4 in. (106.7 × 91.4 × 13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift in loving memory of Mildred M. Lowe
Accession Number
2013.24
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