Images

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=686207199A59BBA0D157C1AF838E7901785118CE6004E85C9CD2334DA79F2DAB&s=24247294&se=935317823&v=0&f=1956.722_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=B288C1DDBF580D2ADF8C4B6D6F7630ACE008FC7DEEDBADA61E22398B0E4E8863&s=24247294&se=935317823&v=3&f=1956.722_o2.jpg

https://piction.clevelandart.org/cma/ump.di?e=392CF5D525852C66E5723C8E5B6DF5BF85E047DA48C1FD861C2CA85EDF8C3F9B&s=24247294&se=935317823&v=0&f=%5C1956.722detFR_o2.jpg

Additional Views

Dec 19, 2013

Nov 3, 2016

Gloria

1884

Thomas Wilmer Dewing

(American, 1851–1938)

America, 19th century

Gouache over graphite

Support: Beige wove paper

Sheet: 30.8 x 27.8 cm (12 1/8 x 10 15/16 in.); Image: 27 x 23 cm (10 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection 1956.722

Location

not on view

Description

Dewing’s small, densely packed composition of four singing angels alludes to depictions of angels playing musical instruments found in 14th-century medieval manuscripts. Angels were traditionally shown playing stringed instruments, whose delicate tones were thought to lift the mind to spiritual matters. The harp, as depicted here, was the instrument most closely associated with heavenly music. With the continuous circling of halos and harps, Dewing suggested a hypnotic, celestial melody.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed, upper left, in graphite: T W Dewing / 1884; by artist, across bottom, in watercolor: gloria; verso, center, in graphite: [sTC?] [underlined]; 15 x 162 [underlined] / 165; center left, in graphite: 125 [underlined]

Provenance

John and Edith Gellatly; [William MacBeth Galleries, New York].

Citations

Catalogue of the Second Exhibition: Water Colors and Pastels. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 5, no. 49 archive.org

Hobbs, Susan, and Barbara Dayer Gallati. The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty Reconfigured. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 8, p. 13, pp. 97-98, p. 106, cat. no 7.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000. Mentioned: pp. 212-13, p. 295; Reproduced: p. 213

Foster, Kathleen A. American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2017. Reproduced: p. 70, fig. 125

Hobbs, Susan. Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beauty into Art: A Catalogue Raisonné. [Alexandria, VA]: The Thomas Wilmer Dewing Catalogue Raisonné; New Haven: in association with Yale University Press, 2018. Mentioned & reproduced: p. 998-999, no. 567

Exhibition history

The Prang Competition. Noyes & Blakeslee Gallery, Boston; Reichart Gallery, New York, 1884.

Second Exhibition: Water Color and Pastels. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925, 5, no. 49.

America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).

Beauty Reconfigured: The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (organizer) (March 21-June 9, 1996); National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC (July 19-October 14, 1996).

Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).

Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).

Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (February 25-May 15, 2017).

Cite this page

{{cite web|title=Gloria|url=https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.722|author=Thomas Wilmer Dewing|year=1884|access-date=01 April 2023|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.

You are here:

Images

Gloria

Gloria

Thomas Wilmer Dewing

Location

Download and Share

Description

Inscription

Contact us