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Abbott Handerson Thayer
Abbott Handerson Thayer

Abbott Handerson Thayer

American, 1849-1921
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Abbott Handerson Thayer was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in the major American art collections. He is perhaps best known for his ‘angel’ paintings, some of which use his children as models.

During the last third of his life, he worked together with his son, Gerald Handerson Thayer, on a book about protective coloration in nature, titled Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. First published by Macmillan in 1909, then reissued in 1918, it may have had an effect on military camouflage during World War I. However it was roundly mocked by Theodore Roosevelt and others for its assumption that all animal coloration is cryptic.

Thayer also influenced American art through his efforts as a teacher, training apprentices in his New Hampshire studio.

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Oligocentra Lignicolor, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Oligocentra Lignicolor, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Botanical
Hebe

Hebe (C. 1890)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Mythology
Roseate Spoonbill, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Roseate Spoonbill, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (ca. 1905-1909)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Tiger’s Head

Tiger’s Head (ca. 1874)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (ca. 1905-1909)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Peacock in the Woods, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Peacock in the Woods, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1907)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (ca. 1905-1909)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Roseate Spoonbills, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Roseate Spoonbills, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (ca. 1905-1909)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (ca. 1905-1909)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Stevenson Memorial

Stevenson Memorial (1903)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Mythology
Roses

Roses (1890)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Still Life
Flower Studies

Flower Studies (ca. 1886)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Botanical
Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Botanical
Heterocampa Biundata, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Heterocampa Biundata, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Botanical
Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Botanical
Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Margaret McKittrick

Margaret McKittrick (1903)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Preliminary Study for ‘A Virgin’

Preliminary Study for ‘A Virgin’ (circa 1891)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Water Lilies

Water Lilies

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Still Life
Winged Figure

Winged Figure (1889)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Mythology
Mount Monadnock

Mount Monadnock (circa 1918)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Landscape
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait (1920)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
A Prize Bull

A Prize Bull (1870)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Animals
Boy and Angel 

Boy and Angel  (1918)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Mythology
Study for ‘Harry Whiting, Nephew of the Artist’

Study for ‘Harry Whiting, Nephew of the Artist’ (1903-05)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Portrait Head

Portrait Head

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait (1918)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Young Woman

Young Woman (ca. 1898)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait (1919)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Figurative
Mount Monadnock

Mount Monadnock (1911)

Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849-1921)
Landscape
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