American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists Featuring the Collection of Charles and Virginia Bowden

Exhibited

"Paintings by John Folinsbee," Ferargil Galleries, New York, March 1–15, 1922, no. 21.

"Exhibition of Modern American Paintings," Dayton Museum of Arts, Dayton, Ohio, January 21–February 9, 1923.

Note

The present work likely depicts the artist's wife, Ruth Baldwin Folinsbee, in the garden of the house they rented in New Hope, Pennsylvania while their house was being constructed on River Road. Earlier versions of the artist's garden exist, including a touching portrait of his first-born Beth, toddling along the flowered alleys. The Folinsbees moved to New Hope in 1916 (previously having lived briefly in Washington, Connecticut, where Ruth's family had a large estate).