- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Playing with Reds (Camellias)
- Creator:
- Wilkins, Emma Cheves, 1870-1956
- Date of Original:
- 1931
- Subject:
- Flowers in art
Tables in art
Beverage urns--In art
Bowls (Tableware)--In art
Trays--In art
Camellias in art
Painting, American--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Playing with Reds (Camellias) (oil on canvas, 25 1/8" x 32 7/8"), an oil painting by Emma Cheves Wilkins, was purchased by the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (later Telfair Museums) in Savannah in 1931, around the time of the work's completion. Wilkins began her training at the Telfair and then studied in Paris, France, before returning to Savannah.
Image of Playing with Reds (Camellias), an oil painting by Emma Cheves Wilkins, which was purchased by the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia in 1931. The painting depicts camellias in several shades of red and white sitting on a red and black tray. The tray rests on a table, and a gold urn and red bowl stand behind the flowers. Wilkins began her training at the Telfair and then studied in Paris, France, before returning to Savannah. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/art-in-georgia-from-1895-to-1960/m-9223/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah
Telfair Museums - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1035
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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