Show Girl of the Nineties

Object number86.1.188

Artist Lila B. Hetzel (1873 - 1967)

Date1919

MediumOil on canvas

Credit LineGift of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

DescriptionUnframed oil painting. Image of a woman wearing a chemise seated on a chair at dressing table with mirror. Green background. Muted flesh tones.Dimensions29.9999 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
SignedLower right corner: L.B. Hetzel 1919
MarksBack: Title: Show Girl of the Nineties/Artist: L.B. Hetzel/Price: $700.
Historical NotesThis painting was donated to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylania in 1977 by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Lila B. Hetzel was a well-known figure in the Pittsburgh art community throughout the twentieth century. Lila Barr Hetzel, daughter of prominent Pittsburgh artist George Hetzel and Marie Louise Siegrist Hetzel, was born on October 23, 1873 in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Edgewood. Against her father's wishes, she pursued an art career, studying at the Pittsburgh School of Design with Martin B. Leisser and D. B. Walkley. Eventually her father accepted her vocational choice, but due to his early refusal to teach her, she developed a painting style quite unlike his.

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