Name/Title
Oil painting of daisies, by Bertha May Meyers c. 1890Entry/Object ID
1996.67.46Description
ACC. NO. 96.67.46
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1890
OBJECT: PAINTING
DESCRIPTION:
OIL PAINTING, ON ACADEMY BOARD, DEPICTING DAISIES. UNSIGNED. PAINTING APPEARS TO NEVER HAVE BEEN FRAMED.
SIZE: L 12-1/4" x W 9-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ART STUDY, OIL PAINTING ON ACADEMY BOARD, DONE BY BERTHA MAY MEYERS. POSSIBLY PAINTED BY HER WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN. SHE WAS THE WIFE OF HENRY H MEYERS, AND MOTHER OF EDITH, MILDRED, AND JEANETTE MEYERS. SHE MOST LIKELY STUDIED UNDER AN ART TEACHER. MANY OF HER WORKS HUNG IN THE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT 2021 ALAMEDA AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. SHE PAINTED ON ACADEMY BOARD, CANVAS, VELVET, PORCELAIN, ETC. AND, IN ONLY A FEW INSTANCES, SIGNED HER WORK.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ESTATE OF JEANETTE MEYERS
c/o CITY OF ALAMEDA
DATE: FEBRUARY 19, 1996
12/10/96
Note: Now framed. Period frame of walnut, gold liner, was cut to accommodate painting. Donor of frame: Wes & Fay Pease
ra/10/966
