Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angel, 1887, oil on canvas, 36 1?4 x 28 1?8 in. (92.0 x 71.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.112
ON EASTER SUNDAY—AN ANGEL IN ART
Title: Angel, 1887
Artist: Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)
American master Abbott Handerson Thayer was an artist of angels combining both human and divine qualities, the real with the spiritual. Creating an air of calm, appearing in the trance-like expression of the face. Yet, do you also sense movement, particularly within the span of the wings, delicate as well as powerful?
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