The National Academy Jury of 1907

F. Luis Mora

1907 · Oil on canvas · The American Wing

This canvas reveals Mora’s interest in reportage and his skill as a portraitist. Each member of the jury can be identified. For example, tall and thin John White Alexander—the seventh figure from the left—towers over the crowd. A few figures to the right of Alexander, the bespectacled William Merritt Chase stands with a cigar stuck in his mouth. Mora also included a self-portrait: he is the dark-haired man standing with his back to the viewer, leaning in to study the painting under consideration. Coats and umbrellas piled high on a bench and scattered papers on the floor lend a hint of benign confusion to the scene.

Artist

F. Luis Mora

Date

1907

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Miss Rosemary Mora, 1941