The Orchard

Painting

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Verostko Center for the Arts

Name/Title

The Orchard

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.74

Description

A shady, peaceful orchard, and a farmhouse in the background. Subtley emphasized red shape is a figure sitting on a bench

Type of Painting

Panel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Board

Collection

Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Collection

Cataloged By

Ava Tine

Acquisition

Accession

2022.1

Credit Line

Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections; Gift of Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos

Made/Created

Artist

Palmer, Pauline Lennards

Notes

Painted after 1902

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

lower right

Transcription

indistinctly 'Pauline Palmer'

Dimensions

Height

10-5/8 in

Width

13-5/8 in

Accessories

Accessory

Frame

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1996 Gift of the present owner from the above, Christie’s, New York, Sept. 22, 2015, Lot 101

Exhibitions

Impressionist Legacies, St. Vincent College
Terra Museum of American Art, (Re)Presenting Women, Oct. 16, 2001 – Jan. 13, 2002, Chicago, Illinois

General Notes

Note Type

Artist’s Intent Note

Note

"The Orchard features a lone figure sitting on a bench beneath a canopy of fruit trees, through which dappled sunlight passes. This work was likely created in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on one of the annual summer trips that she made with her husband, Dr. Albert Palmer. The size of the painting is indicative of Palmer’s preference for working on an intimate scale" (Impressionist Legacies 32).

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

"Despite stylistic divergences with many of her contemporaries, Palmer was a fierce advocate for the inclusion of women throughout America’s artistic and academic circles. Between 1918 and 1929, she served as president of the Chicago Society of Artists. Unanimously elected, she was the first woman to hold the position. She exhibited widely throughout the Midwest and MidAtlantic was known widely as “Chicago’s Painter Lady.” During a painting excursion to England and Scandinavia with her sister, she died unexpectedly of pneumonia on August 15, 1938, in Trondheim, Norway. By the end of her life, Palmer was lauded for her influential contributions to American art, credited not only with encouraging the appreciation of plein air painting among audiences in the Midwest but advancing the belief that women ought to be afforded the same opportunities in the arts as their male counterparts" (Impressionist Legacies 32).

Created By

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Create Date

September 24, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

September 24, 2026