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Robert Loftin Newman

1827

WA-00113875

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WikidataQ7346973

Smithsonian

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1975.57
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

About

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Robert Loftin Newman was an American painter and stained-glass designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium and is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder as a painter of mood. Newman's works include Good Samaritan, painted in 1886, Flight into Egypt, Harvest Time, Sailboat Manned by Two Men, and The Bather.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (4)

The Fortune Teller

1893 · Oil on canvas

10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hagar and Ishmael

1893 · Oil on canvas

14 1/8 x 18 in. (35.9 x 45.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Madonna and Child and Little Saint John

1893 · Oil on canvas

10 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (25.7 x 30.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Bather

1800 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 15.8 x 21.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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A Bather
1800 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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