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Pearl (Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd van Sciver)
Pearl (Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd van Sciver)

Pearl (Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd van Sciver)

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Object Details

Title:
Pearl (Portrait of Mrs. Lloyd van Sciver)
Date:
c. 1940s
Artist:
Medium:
Charcoal and sanguine on paper
Dimensions
19 3/8 x 15 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Van Sciver Family, 2016
Description

Born, raised and educated in the Philadelphia area, Pearl Jeanette Van Sciver (1896-1966, née Aiman) was an artist known for her paintings of landscapes and floral still lifes. She was a graduate of PAFA and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, now Moore College of Art and Design. In 1924 she married Lloyd Van Sciver, whose father, J.B. Van Sciver, turned his furniture making business in Camden, New Jersey, into a thriving furniture manufacturer through the first half of the 20th century.

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