Floral Painted Jardinière
Date1898
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Stiefel, Grandson, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2021
Object number2021.014.004
Label TextLondon artist Emily Gunn Fried (1862-1953) painted the rose jardinière as a wedding gift for her husband, John Fried. They married on April 20, 1898. Emily Gunn attended Hellmuth Ladies College and the Western School of Art and Design. As well, she was an early member of the Western Art League, formed in 1887. She is listed among the attendees at the first recorded meeting on January 9, 1889. Her contemporaries include Mildred Peel, Mary Ella Dignam, Carolyn Farncombe, and Florence Carlyle. Gunn particularly excelled at china painting and won awards at the Western Fair where she even beat London’s famous son, Paul Peel. Gunn worked at Hellmuth Ladies College for several years as an assistant to J. R. Seavey. She taught china painting among other things. In the late 1800s, Gunn moved to California.
NameJardinière
