Irving Ramsey Wiles

Portrait Study

Irving Ramsey Wiles's original charcoal drawing, Portrait Study was created by the American artist around 1900. It is drawn upon fine, hand-made laid paper bearing the watermarks of "Ingres D'Arches" and "MBM France" and with full margins. It is signed "I. R. Wiles" by the artist in the lower right corner. In this portrait study, Wiles draws a model who has just come out of the cold of a New York winter. In her attire, gesture and facial features, he brilliantly delineates her quiet resignation and poverty. This is a fine, original example of the portrait created by Irving Ramsey Wiles.

Original Charcoal Drawing by the American artist, Irving Ramsey Wiles.

Portrait Study

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Title:	Portrait Study
Artist:	Wiles, Irving Ramsey (Utica, NY, 1861 - Long Island, New York, 1948)
Date:	c. 1890-1900
Medium:	Original Charcoal Drawing
Note:	Irving Ramsey Wiles: Although Irving Ramsey Wiles created many fine landscape paintings and illustrations of various scenes, he will always be remembered as one of America's most eminent artists of the portrait. As a boy he studied art in the studio of his father, the landscape painter, Lemuel M. Wiles (1826-1905). Upon his father's advice, Irving Wiles went to New York in 1879 to study at the Art Students League. He was taught there by William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), an outstanding portrait and figure painter. Chase became Wiles's mentor and the two artists formed a lifelong friendship. Several years later, Wiles completed his studies in Paris at the Academie Julien.
	Upon his return to New York, Wiles quickly established a strong reputation. In 1886, Irving Ramsey Wiles was awarded the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design. Many awards followed, not only within the United States, but from institutions in Paris, London and Buenos Aires. Irving Ramsey Wiles became an Associate of the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1889 and a full Academician two years later. He was also a member of the Society of American Artists (1887), the National Institute of Art and Letters, the American Art Association of Paris, the American Federation of Arts and the National Association of Portrait Painters. Today, his art is included in such collections as the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, the National Gallery of Art, Columbia University, the University of Berlin, Germany, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
	At the turn of the century, many of Irving Ramsey Wiles's drawings were commissioned by such leading American periodicals as Scribner's, Harpers and The Century. His work in this regard was mostly in the mediums of pen and ink and wash drawings. Wiles's charcoal drawings, such as this example, were mainly used as preparatory studies for his oil portraits and figure designs. In his portraits, Wiles was an acknowledged master of depicting mood and disposition. His unique ability to capture the sitter's individuality placed him among the foremost portrait painters of his time. In Portrait Study, Irving Ramsey Wiles draws a model who has just come out of the cold of a New York winter. In her attire, gesture and facial features, he brilliantly delineates her quiet resignation and poverty. Only a master of the portrait such as Wiles could bring out such poignant truths.
Size:	22 3/4 X 18 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Drawn upon fine, hand-made laid paper bearing the watermarks of "Ingres D'Arches" and "MBM France" and with full margins. Signed "I. R. WILES" in the lower right corner. Slight scuffing and scraping exists in the outer margins and a horizontal crease runs through the upper image, else in good condition throughout. This original Irving Ramsey Wiles drawing is a masterwork of the portrait.
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