Emma Levinia Swan (American, 1853-1927), Roses

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, with small pricing label affixed to verso, presented in a very fine 19th century Florentine style carved giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 12 x 18 in.; Frame dimensions 22 x 28 in.

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Emma Levinia Swan was a distinguished American painter known for her luminous still lifes, particularly her refined floral compositions. Trained under her father, a skilled cameo-cutter, and later with Abbott Thayer, she also studied in Germany and Holland, where she absorbed the influence of the Old Masters. Swan taught at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1902 to 1909 and was a member of the Providence Art Club.

Small paint flakes to rose at far left of composition; overall in good estate condition; no evidence of retouch visible under UV light.