Memories

Frederick Carl Frieseke

National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woman seated in a cushioned red chair, her body and head turned slightly to the right. She has pale white skin, and her dark hair is styled in an updo behind her head. She has a straight nose, small red lips, and closed eyes. She wears a long white dress with a voluminous skirt, accessorized with a black pendant on her neckline, a light blue necklace that hangs down around her neck, dark blue earrings, a blue-and-gold ring, a black bracelet, and a gold bracelet. In her right hand, she holds a section of light blue knitting with two white needles, connected to a ball of yarn by her black slippers, which poke out of the end of her skit. Behind her is a soft pink wall, with a mint green door on the right behind her chair. To her right is a wooden table covered with a white cloth. On it is a white vase filled with flowers in dark blue, green, and red, vertical shapes that may be books, and a large ornate golden clock under a clear dome. A blue, orange, and red patterned rug is visible on the floor in the bottom right corner.