Emma Fordyce MacRae

(American, 1887-1974)

Victoria in White (A Persian Girl), 1936

oil on canvas laid to board

signed Emma Fordyce MacRae and dated (upper left); also estate stamped (on the reverse)

40 x 32 in.

Proceeds from the painting's sale will go directly to Alzheimer's Research UK, Britain's leading dementia research charity, and will help fund research on Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of dementia.

Provenance:

The Artist.

The Estate of the Artist.

By descent in the Artist's family.

Private Collection, United Kingdom.

Exhibited:

New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, "Emma Fordyce MacRae," November - December 1936.

Boston, Boston Arts Club, "Emma Fordyce MacRae," January - February 1937 (illustrated in Boston Globe and Boston Herald).

New York, National Academy of Design, "112th Annual Exhibition," March - April, 1937.

Montclair, Montclair Art Museum (invitation), 1937.

New York, National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, September 1941.

Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art, n.d.

Literature:

Edward Alden Jewell, "Academy of Design Opens 112th Show," New York Times, March 13, 1937, pg. 22.

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Veil earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in art history from Penn State University and pursued doctoral studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to joining Freeman’s, Veil was Head of Fine Art at a Washington, D.C.-area auction house, and Executive Director of the Santa Fe Art Auction, where he oversaw market-setting auctions of classical and contemporary Western, Southwestern, and California art. He has also held positions in provenance research, art fair operations, and as editor and producer of The Conversation, a popular Los Angeles–based contemporary art podcast. Concurrent with his role at Freeman’s, Veil is a professor at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in Renaissance, Modern, and American art history.

American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists

Victoria in White (A Persian Girl), 1936

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