Gladys Thayer

Gladys Thayer Reasoner
Born
Gladys Thayer

(1886-07-17)July 17, 1886
South Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
DiedAugust 25, 1945(1945-08-25) (aged 59)
Washington, D.C., United States
Known forPainting
StylePortraiture
Floral art
SpouseDavid Reasoner
My Children (Mary, Gerald, and Gladys Thayer), circa 1897, oil on canvas by Abbott Handerson Thayer

Gladys Thayer (also known as Gladys Thayer Reasoner) (1886–1945[1]) was an American painter and teacher.

Life

Gladys Thayer was born in 1886 in South Woodstock, Connecticut.[1] She was the child of artists Catherine "Kate" Bloede Thayer and Abbott Handerson Thayer. Through her mother she was the granddaughter of Marie "Mary" Bloede (born Marie Antoinette Franziska Jungnitz, pen name Marie Westland) and niece of Gertrude Bloede (pen name Stuart Sterne).

Thayer was a frequent model in her father's paintings, including My Children (Mary, Gerald, and Gladys Thayer) (circa 1897)---alongside her older sister Mary, and her older brother Gerald---and in the "Winged Figure" series (1904–11).[2]

She was married to artist David Reasoner. She had four children with Reasoner.

Her father taught her how to paint. She painted flowers and portraiture. She died in 1945 in Washington, D.C.

Notable collections

References

  1. ^ a b "Gladys Thayer". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Winged Figures by Abbot Thayer". Freer Gallery of Art. Traditional Fine Arts Organization. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Hooded Warblers, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 31 December 2015.


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