Helena De Kay Gilder (1848-1916)

Helena De Kay was an artist and cultural reformer. She studied painting with Winslow Homer. In 1874 she married poet and editor Richard Watson Gilder and their home became a literary and artistic center. In 1875 she organized the Art Students League to protest the conservatism of the National Academy. Gilder believed that painterly styles were inherently superior to narrative styles, which cultivated bad taste and stood in the way of the country's cultural development.

Date:
1865 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
MES16922
Photographer:
Mathew Brady
Height:
1041px
Width:
599px
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