Name/Title
Portrait of Florence Hunn by J. Wellington ReynoldsEntry/Object ID
2012.09.01Description
J. Wellington Reynolds, "Portrait of Florence Hunn", no date - Oil on canvas, framed.
Reynolds, a noted Chicago artist, trained in Paris and Chicago. At Ox-Bow, he was part of the "Tallmadge crowd". This painting, it is said once hung in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Florence "Danny" Hunn was a well-known Chicago (and New York) interior designer who introduced "modern" design to Chicago in the 1920s. Locally, she lived in her Pier Cove Cottage she was affectionately called "Danny". They held a rather lavish court for a circle of friends we would now call gay and lesbian. Hunn was also an architect who designed a number of area cottages.
The frame is believed to be by the Newcomb-Macklin Company of Chicago, a prominent manufacturer of hand-carved and gilded picture frames from 1883 until 1979. Newcomb-Macklin frames in the arts and crafts style are today regarded as antiques in their own right and are prized by dealers to lend an authentic look to period American paintings.Artwork Details
Medium
OilSubject Person
Hunn, Florence Ely "Dannie" 1887-1984Collection
ArtworksCataloged By
VanderJagt, AnnaAcquisition
Accession
2012.09Source or Donor
Malster, Robert, Walz, GraceAcquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Wellington J.Date made
1920Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Signed Name: W.J. Reynolds
Signature Location: bottom LeftLexicon
Search Terms
Painting, Portrait, Hunn, Florence, Portrait, Ox-BowDimensions
Height
31 inWidth
32 inDimension Notes
Frame Size: 42l x 36.5wLocation
Room
Century of Progress ExhibitRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Reynolds, Wellington J.Person or Organization
Hunn, Florence Ely "Dannie" 1887-1984Interpretative Labels
Label
Wellington Jarard Reynolds
1865 - 1949
Portrait of Florence Hunn
c. 1915 | oil on board
Notes: Wellington was born on a farm in New Lenox, Illinois. He entered the school of the recently estblished Art Institute of Chicago in the fall of 1885. In 1887, he left, with his wife, for Munich where he entered the Royal Academy. He also studied at the private Hollosy Academy. After the death of his wife, he married again, and enrolled at the Julien Academy in France and later at the Eole des Beaux-Arts.
He returned to Chicago in 1898 where he bacame well-known as a portrait artist. After the death of his second wife, he joined the faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago where he taught until his retirement in 1938.
This painting is a phenomenal example of Reynolds’ skill as a portrait artist!
The sitter is Florence (Dannie) Ely Hunn, a well-known Chicago interior designer who introduced “modern” design to Chicago in the 1920s. Locally, she lived in her Pier Cove cottage. With her female partner, “Jims”, Florence held a rather lavish court for a circle of “artistic” friends.
Collection: Saugatuck Douglas History Center
Gift of: Grace Walz and Robert Malster
Accession: 2012.09.01General Notes
Note
Status: OK
Status By: Anna VanderJagt
Status Date: 2012-02-09Create Date
February 9, 2012Update Date
August 6, 2024
