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The Glass Engraver
Photography by Dwight Primiano

The Glass Engraver

Artist (1858 - 1908)
Date1883
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions11 3/4 x 16 in. (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Framed: 21 1/2 x 26 x 4 in. (54.6 x 66 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.97
Signedl.r.: C.F. Ulrich 83
Accession number 2006.97
On View
On view
ProvenanceRalph N. Plumb, Buffalo, NY, 1883; Private Collection; (Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by Richard A. Manoogian [b. 1936], Detroit, MI, 1996; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
Label TextCharles Frederic Ulrich was known for his small paintings of artisans at work. The Glass Engraver is a picturesque celebration of a craftsman, using a copper wheel technique, that hearkens back to an earlier time. Ulrich focused on the skills of an individual artisan in the face of mechanized mass production. Further, Ulrich’s attention to minute details may have seemed outdated compared to the more modern painting styles gaining popularity at the time.

Charles Frederic Ulrich era conocido por sus pequeñas pinturas de artesanos ejerciendo su oficio. Esta obra es una pintoresca celebración del artesano, quien usa una técnica de rueda giratoria de cobre que nos remonta a una época pasada. Ulrich dirigió su atención hacia la destreza de un artesano en particular ante la realidad de la producción en masa mecanizada. Mas aun, la atención de Ulrich a los más mínimos detalles podría haber parecido anticuada dado los estilos de pintura más modernos que estaban adquiriendo popularidad durante la época.
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