David Axel Ericson was born in Sweden, but the family sought a better future in the United States. At the age of eleven, a leg was amputated following an illness and during his long convalescence, the boy painted very often. He was eventually able to study in the Art Student's League in New York and became a well-known artist who commuted between Europe and the United States. James-Earle Fraser has depicted his son on this plaque.
| Artist |
James Earle Fraser
Wikidata
RKD
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| Title | Portrait of Portraying David Barnard Ericson, Son of the Artist David Axel Ericson |
| Date | 1905 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support |
founding (metal or glass working)
AAT
patination AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | name: DAVID BARNARD ERICSON |
| date: NOVEMBER . MCMV | |
| signatures (names): / JEF. | |
| Collection | medals AAT |
| Object type | plaques (flat objects) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-AT |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille Ghent 1911-06-23 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-AT |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3815/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31D111
infant, baby ~ the ages of man
Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass 61B2(DAVID BARNARD ERICSON) historical person (DAVID BARNARD ERICSON) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles en 1910 : Salon international de la médaille contemporaine... : Groupe II: Beaux-Arts ; Classe 9B: Gravure en médailles (Bruxelles, Palais du Cinquantenaire, 01.05 - 15.11.1910) ; Catalogue / Victor Tourneur. - Bruxelles : Imprimerie A. Lesigne, 1910 (p. 80) |
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