Painting of the Week - Albert Chevalier Tayler
The New Dress
This charming British Victorian oil painting is by noted artist Albert Chevalier Tayler. Painted in 1896 the composition is four women in a sitting room. One young woman is holding up sheer fabric that she is planning to use for a new dress. She is watched by two more young women and an older lady as they consider her choice. A hat box of ribbons lies on the floor. This is a lovely dynamic figurative interior painting telling a story of dress making at home and a young woman's hopes and dreams of a new dress, maybe even a wedding dress. The is also an excellent example of Victorian art and of Tayler's work.
Signed and dated (18)96 lower left.
Provenance. Sussex estate.
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https://www.richardtaylorfineart.com/artist/tayler/the-new-dress