03 Works, August 12th. is Abbott Handerson Thayer's day, his story, illustrated with footnotes

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Stevenson Memorial, c. 1903

Oil on canvas

81 5⁄8 x 60 1⁄8 in. (207.2 x 152.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921) was an American artist, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in major American art collections. He is perhaps best known for his 'angel' paintings, some of which use his children as models.

Abbott Handerson Thayer  (1849–1921)

A Virgin, c. between 1892 and 1893

Depicts the artist's daughter and sons

Oil on canvas

height: 229.7 cm (90.4 in); width: 182.5 cm (71.8 in)

Freer Gallery of Art

During the last third of his life, he worked together with his son, Gerald Handerson Thayer, on a book about protective coloration in nature, titled Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. First published by Macmillan in 1909, then reissued in 1918, it may have had an effect on military camouflage during World War I. However it was roundly mocked by Theodore Roosevelt and others for its assumption that all animal coloration is cryptic.

After Abbott Handerson Thayer  (1849–1921)

Angle Over the Destroyed City of Gaza

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Thayer also influenced American art through his efforts as a teacher, training apprentices in his New Hampshire studio. More on Abbott Handerson Thayer

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