Three Girls and River

Louis M. Eilshemius, Three Girls and River, 1907, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Louis and Annette Kaufman, 1980.34.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Three Girls and River
Date
1907
Dimensions
2327 in. (58.568.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis and Annette Kaufman
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on fiberboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Landscape — river
  • Figure group — female
Object Number
1980.34.3

Artwork Description

Louis M. Eilshemius is best known for his romanticized and often erotically charged landscapes that contain nude women or nymphs. In Three Girls and River, three nude women relax in a bucolic setting with lush trees and a babbling river. The figures seem to be together, but they do not interact and appear blissfully uninhibited by each other and their surroundings. By placing the dreamlike figures in a picturesque yet familiar setting, Eilshemius blurred the line between reality and fantasy.