The Glass Blowers
Artist
Charles Frederick Ulrich
(American, 1858-1908)
Date1883
Object number58.0034
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions15 3/4 x 20 x 7/16 in. (40 x 50.8 x 1.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
On View
Not on viewDescriptionSeated on wooden stools around a long table, seven men work glass in miniature furnaces, which fill the scene with a warm glow. The men’s coats are hung up in the rear of the dimly-lit workroom, probably in a converted house. The painter uses a simple technique to capture many details of the scene, perhaps based on life observation of a glass workshop in New York City, and to make the viewer wonder at each figure’s individual character and story. The worker in a blue shirt has an anchor tattooed on his hand, which may hint at his former career.
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