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Emerging Artist:
Within the servants' realm, a budding artist pauses in drawing from her model, a visiting policeman. The young woman's concentration and her bold, cartoonish likeness of her subject play off humorously against his stolid appearance. The scene demonstrates Gibson's interest in exploring social spheres beyond the upper-middle class and a sympathetic portrayal of artistic aspiration on the part of young women. During the Golden Age of American Illustration (ca. 1880–1930), notable numbers of women successfully pursued careers in the visual arts. |