Pink Carnations
Ilse Martha Bischoff, American, 1901 - 1990
not dated
Casein on gray coated paper
Overall: 22 1/8 × 15 11/16 in. (56.2 × 39.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Carola B. Terwilliger
P.986.37.7
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Heydenryk framer's label on reverse of frame; white label, on frame reverse, blue ink inscription: $615 00/ xx/ GREENBAUM BROS.
Label
Multiple shades of pinks combine in these carnations, compelling us to look more closely at the vibrant blooms. Notice how the artist’s skill in painting the translucent green glass still allows us to see the green stems inside the vase.
Ilse Bischoff’s preferred paint was casein, which mixes pigment with milk to create a fast-drying paint with a glue-like consistency. Because it dries so quickly, it is unforgiving, and artists cannot readily correct errors. Casein artworks are impressive for the degree of precision required to manipulate the paint itself.
From the 2024 exhibition Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art, curated by Michael Hartman, Jonathan Little Cohen Associate Curator of American Art
Course History
English 39.01, American Fiction: 1950-1990, Kimberly Brown, Winter 2025
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2025
Spanish 3.01, Spanish III, Natalia Monetti, Spring 2025
Spanish 3.02, Spanish III, Natalia Monetti, Spring 2025
Anthropology 31.01, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 36.01, Gender in Cross Cultural Perspectives, Sabrina Billings, Fall 2025
Studio Session: Beyond the Bouquet, Winter 2025
Special Tour: Attitude of Coexistence and Beyond the Bouquet, Winter 2025
Exhibition History
Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 24, 2025 - late 2025.
Provenance
The artist (1901-1990), Hartland, Vermont; given to her sister, Carola Bischoff Terwilliger (1899-1984), South Woodstock, Vermont; bequeathed to present collection, 1986.
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