The Bridegroom Cometh
Title
The Bridegroom Cometh
Subject
rooster (birds)
Description
In this playful rooster painting, the lead bird speeds off out of the right side of the picture, while two others flank him. None of the roosters are fully shown, because they are cut off at the edges of the canvas. The background is a blur of brown and green brushstrokes, suggesting rapid movement.
Fetherston, who was fond of her pet roosters, painted three more canvases using them as the subject. Fetherston said about this work, “The four rooster paintings were painted in two weeks’ time, ¼ painting and ¾ praying to Sophocles, Socrates, etc., to aid me, as I did not know how to paint—The four paintings were my first attempt. I was asked to join the Pittsburgh Artists and their show, or rather, the paintings to be sent to the Jury, was in two weeks time. The Jury was Henry G. Keller of Cleveland, Ohio, Ernest Lawson, New York, and Charles Burchfield of near Buffalo. The Bridegroom Cometh passed the jury and was written up in the Pittsburgh paper as being the most original in the show, February 19, 1931”.
Fetherston, who was fond of her pet roosters, painted three more canvases using them as the subject. Fetherston said about this work, “The four rooster paintings were painted in two weeks’ time, ¼ painting and ¾ praying to Sophocles, Socrates, etc., to aid me, as I did not know how to paint—The four paintings were my first attempt. I was asked to join the Pittsburgh Artists and their show, or rather, the paintings to be sent to the Jury, was in two weeks time. The Jury was Henry G. Keller of Cleveland, Ohio, Ernest Lawson, New York, and Charles Burchfield of near Buffalo. The Bridegroom Cometh passed the jury and was written up in the Pittsburgh paper as being the most original in the show, February 19, 1931”.
Creator
Edith Fetherston
Source
Packwood House Museum, 15 N Water St, Lewisburg, PA 17837, 570-524-0323
Date
1931
Rights
Please cite Packwood House Museum, Lewisburg, PA when using items in the collection.
Relation
Edith Fetherston Oeuvre
Format
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in.
Type
Still Image
Identifier
1972.89.01
Coverage
John's Office
Collection
Citation
Edith Fetherston, “The Bridegroom Cometh,” Packwood House Museum Digital Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, http://packwood.omeka.bucknell.edu/omeka/items/show/511.