The Serenade
Date1911
Artist
George Watson Barratt
(American illustrator and stage designer, 1884–1962)
Illustration CitationHarper's Weekly, June 3, 1911
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions25 1/4 × 34 1/4 in. (64.1 × 87 cm)
frame: 30 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (77.5 x 108 cm)
frame: 30 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (77.5 x 108 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-53
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis work is a double-paged spread, designed as a stand-alone image rather than a story illustration. It allows the viewer to imagine a plot involving the serenader and his pensive listener at a campground.A native of Utah, Geroge Watson Barratt was an advertising artist when he heard Howard Pyle lecture at the Art Students League in New York City. After studying with Pyle in 1908, Barratt went on to a career in illustration, mural painting, and theatrical design.
