Spring Flowers (In the Conservatory) (Flores de primavera [En el conservatorio])

Julius LeBlanc Stewart, American, 1855 - 1919

1890

painting

oil on canvas

Gift of Citibank

1987.17

Mike Lundgren

American and Western American

Yes

North Wing, Second Floor, 17th century Northern European

A wealthy American expatriate, Stewart studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme who taught at the École for more than fifty years. His Pollice Verso of 1872 hangs in a nearby gallery. Many Americans studied with the French master, though Mary Cassatt had to take lessons privately from him, as women were denied admission to the venerable French institution until 1897. Not only were those women who sought training in private ateliers often charged higher tuition than that paid by their male counterparts, they also received reduced instruction.