Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Son, ca. 1881-1883, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 1⁄4 in. (40.6 x 31.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Given in memory of Charles Downing Lay and Laura Gill Lay by their children, 1967.7.4
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Charles Downing Lay, Portrait of the Artist’s Son
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1881-1883
- Location
- Dimensions
- 16 x 12 1⁄4 in. (40.6 x 31.0 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Given in memory of Charles Downing Lay and Laura Gill Lay by their children
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Portrait male — Lay, Charles Downing — bust
- Portrait male — Lay, Charles Downing — child
- Object Number
- 1967.7.4
Artwork Description
Charles Downing Lay (1877-1956) was four or five years old when his father painted this portrait. He grew up to be landscape architect for the City of New York and cofounder of one of the first professional journals in his field. Lay won a silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics for his design of Marine Park in Brooklyn. His work helped New York City’s leaders to understand how the public could best make use of park spaces that were created when far fewer people lived in the metropolitan area.
