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Portrait of a Lady (1900). John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915). Oil on canvas. Butler Institute of American Art.

Alexander’s many depictions of beautiful women were also colored by his susceptibility to the prevailing Art Nouveau, an elaborately decorative style that emphasizes the use of sinuous and sensuous contours. Alexander’s work was also touched by the prevailing vogue for symbolism, the visual evocation of an idea, of an emotion through the association of analogous qualities.