“Portrait of Abigail Rose” by Anonymous | Style Imitating Art
It is time for another Style Imitating Art challenge and I have to admit that I am so grateful for these prompts. If not for style challenges, I might not ever get out of my leggings or sweatpants these days!
About Style Imitating Art
Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of Meadow Tree Style, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.
You don’t have to be a blogger to join either! In fact, you don’t even have to join but you can still use the art to inspire an outfit just for the sake of trying something different. If you want to share your inspired outfit, we invite you do so on Instagram or any other social media platform that you prefer. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Terri, and Shelbee or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!
This Week’s Presenter
Terri chose this week’s artwork because she likes the quaintness of it and there are lots of little details that can be used to inspire outfit creation. She had originally planned to feature this painting with its 18th century American theme in February for President’s Day. Since the colors were so similar to “Decline of the Day” that Salazar had curated the previous week, Terri decided to put Miss Abigail Rose on hold until now.
The Artwork
“Portrait of Abigail Rose” by Unknown Artist
Like Terri, I am also drawn to the quaintness of this portrait and the subdued earth tones which will lend themselves nicely to an autumn outfit. The image portrays 14 year old Abigail Rose from North Branford, Connecticut, painted by an anonymous artist from New Haven, Connecticut. The painting remained in Abigail’s family until 2011 when it sold at auction for $1,271,000, breaking the record for American folk art portraiture. It is also only one of three folk art portraits to surpass the million dollar mark at auction.
If you want to be featured with your art inspired outfit in Terri’s review post on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, be sure to submit your photos to her at meadowtreestyle@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
Happy Styling!
Keeping it on the edge,
Shelbee
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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.
12 Comments
mireille
Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with. Some of the art pieces sometimes seem more difficult to translate in fashion.
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Thanks, Mireille! I agree that some of these translate much easier than others. It really depends on your wardrobe. I have struggled with ones that were easy for others and vice versa. But it is fun to challenge myself and get creative! Otherwise I might never get out of leggings!
xoxo
Shelbee
Jennifer
I’m sure you’ll come up with something great!!
Jennifer
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Thanks, Jennifer! I have the perfect skirt. Now I just have to figure out the rest of it!
xoxo
Shelbee
Nancy
Now that’s a expensive one for a unknown artist. I think you will come up with a fabulous outfit.
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I thought that was a very high dollar amount for an anonymous artist as well. There must not be very much in existence from that time period in that style. I have the perfect skirt but have not thought beyond that yet!
xoxo
Shelbee
Michelle
Hmmmm. I need to see if I have any of these colors in my closet.
Michelle
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Oooh I hope you do! I found the perfect skirt in my closet that I had feared I had gotten rid of! Now I have to figure out the rest of the outfit. I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!
xoxo
Shelbee
Marsha Banks
There are so many ways to go with this one! I need to get started now!
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I will be photographing this on the weekend. Right now I have a skirt. So I have some outfit building to do from there.
xoxo
Shelbee
Barbara De Mul
style prompts are definitely fun. I also enjoyed your wabi-sabi post and that fascinating railway backdrop. Where does the track lead to? Cheers
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Thanks so much, Barbara! You know, I have no idea where that railway goes!
xoxo
Shelbee