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Painting
Woman in an Ermine Collar
Kathleen McEnery Cunningham, 1885 - 1971
Cunningham, Kathleen McEnery
United States
1885 - 1971
Female
76 7/8 x 38 3/8 in. (195.3 x 97.5 cm)
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1909
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1900-2000, 20th century, American art, Ashcan School and friends, by Rochester artists, paintings, portraits, women
Painting
Kathleen McEnery’s early training as an Urban Realist drew her to depict reality with an uncompromising eye. The artist was about twenty-two years old and living in Paris when she painted this bold and modern woman. McEnery lived in New York, Madrid, and Paris before she moved to Rochester, NY in 1914.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
Kathleen McEnery was about twenty-two years old and living in Paris when she painted Woman in an Ermine Collar. She lived and trained in New York, Madrid, and Paris before moving to Rochester in 1914. McEnery played a major role in Rochester’s cultural circles, and painted throughout her life while raising a family with her husband, Francis Cunningham of the Cunningham Car Company.
McEnery’s training with the American realist master Robert Henri drew her to depict with honesty the conditions of modern life. The result is this woman’s unapologetic presence. She is an embodiment of the New Woman – a cultural phenomenon of the growing women’s rights movement, of which the artist was an ardent supporter. The New Woman rebelled against traditional gender roles and was independent, confident, and physically active. As this woman’s dashing manner illustrates, she was equally as comfortable in the public domain as would be any man.
[Gallery label text, 2006]
In New York City, Kathleen McEnery studied with Robert Henri. She also studied abroad and exhibited two paintings at the controversial 1913 Armory Show in New York City. After her marriage to Rochesterian Francis Cunningham, whose family owned the Cunningham Carriage Factory, she continued painting in a studio off the family's home on 10 South Goodman St., now on the campus of the Rochester Museum and Science Center. As Mrs. Cunningham, she was a member of the Gallery's Board of Managers from 1927 through 1971.
The model's direct and intelligent expression and forthright pose suggests the "new woman," ready to be a participant in contemporary society rather than remain at home. Certainly, McEnery herself, who had graduated from Pratt Institute and lived on her own in New York City, fit that description as well.
[Gallery label text, 2003]
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1983.13
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Painting
Mood
Kathleen McEnery Cunningham, 1885 - 1971
Cunningham, Kathleen McEnery
United States
1885 - 1971
Female
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
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1927
1927
1927
1900-2000, 20th century, by Rochester artists, paintings, portraits, women
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Kathleen McEnery’s artistic career drastically changed course after her marriage to Frank Cunningham and subsequent relocation to Rochester. Early on, she studied in New York City with Robert Henri, exhibited two paintings in the pioneering 1913 Armory Show, and continued her education in Paris. Although she continued to paint, her work consisted primarily of intimate portraits of friends and acquaintances. Marjorie Quetchenbach, one of McEnery’s friends, served as the model for this portrait. The title Mood, however, identifies the moment and personality of the sitter rather than her name.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
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1927.9
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Painting
In the Patio
Kathleen McEnery Cunningham, 1885 - 1971
Cunningham, Kathleen McEnery
United States
1885 - 1971
Female
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
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by 1957
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1957
20th century, by Rochester artists, paintings, trees in art
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1957.84
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Painting
Fritz Trautmann
Kathleen McEnery Cunningham, 1885 - 1971
Cunningham, Kathleen McEnery
United States
1885 - 1971
Female
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
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1927
1927
1927
by Rochester artists
Painting
Fritz Trautmann—landscape architect, painter, colorist, teacher—was an important figure in Rochester’s art community. He was at the center of the city’s bohemian life with one foot in the upper echelon of Rochester society, with friends like businesswoman Kate Gleason and patron of the arts Charlotte Whitney Allen. He was known to have painted many murals in East Avenue mansions.
Artist and influential MAG board member Kathleen McEnery Cunningham painted this portrait of her friend Fritz Trautmann. It seems Trautmann was pleased with the likeness as the portrait hung above his mantel for many years. Upon his death, the painting came to the Memorial Art Gallery with his estate.
[Gallery label text, 2010]
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Painting
Colette
Kathleen McEnery Cunningham, 1885 - 1971
Cunningham, Kathleen McEnery
United States
1885 - 1971
Female
76 1/2 x 38 in. (194.3 x 96.5 cm)
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circa 1908-1910
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1910
by Rochester artists
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Born in Brooklyn, Kathleen McEnery studied with noted painter Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. Her work was of such high quality that she exhibited two nudes at the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City.
There are two paintings, Colette and Mood, by Kathleen McEnery exhibited in this gallery. Although both are portraits of women, they say a great deal about two very different periods in the artist’s career. McEnery painted Colette when she was living in Paris between 1908 and 1910. This elaborate full-length portrait of a young French model, beautifully dressed and heavily made up, was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1911. Mood, painted about 15 years later, reflects the more intimate, sensitive nature of her work after she married and moved to Rochester.
[Forman Gallery, Summer 2015]
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1991.104
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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