Seated Male Nude
The leading portraitist in New York during the post-Civil War period--and president of the National Academy of Design from 1862 to 1870 and from 1877 to 1890--Daniel Huntington was a conservative painter, a man highly respected by his clients and colleagues throughout his long career. Although he traveled widely and frequently during the mid- and late nineteenth century, he shunned new artistic concepts and styles. As a staunch academician in technique and manner, Huntington understood that proper draftsmanship was at the core of accomplished painting. His extant drawings number over a thousand, and the vast majority are from his early career, although he continued sketching as long as he lived. The present drawing is a student exercise from a class Huntington took at the National Academy in 1838. It displays proficiency in modeling and highlighting and a commendable grasp of human anatomy and foreshortening that he would have learned from drawing statuary before advancing to life studies.
Artwork Details
- Title: Seated Male Nude
- Artist: Daniel Huntington (American, New York 1816–1906 New York)
- Date: 1838
- Culture: American
- Medium: Black chalk and white chalk heightening on light brown wove paper
- Dimensions: 18 1/16 x 13 5/16 in. (45.9 x 33.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1989
- Object Number: 1989.300
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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