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Woman Reading a Letter (the Letter) c. 1910, an oil painting by Adeline Albright Wigand(1855-1944) is featured in the "Beauty Rediscovered: The Paintings of Adeline Albright Wigand and Otto Charles Wigand" exhibit at the Staten Island Museum. It is currently on loan from the collection of Mr. Robert C. Wigand. (http://www.statenislandmuseum.org/articles/cPath-57/Exhibitions.html) This painting is one of many featured at the museum.=====

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"Otto Charles Wigand was born in New York City on June 8, 1856." and was of German ancestry. (land, Bartholomew. “Reclaiming Reputations: The Art of Otto and Adeline Albright Wigand” in Patricia Salmon, ed.Proceedings, 2006, vol 36, no. 1. New York: The Staten Island Museum, 2006. http://www.askart.com/askart/w/otto_charles_wigand/otto_charles_wigand.aspx) =====

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**Beauty Rediscovered: The Paintings of Adeline Albright Wigand and Otto Charles Wigand, feature the works of academically trained, Gilded Age painters, Otto and Adeline Wigand. The couple moved to a Staten Island filled with idyllic vistas and breathtaking views; a rural refuge for New York artistic talent during the Modernist Era. Otto and Adeline Wigand's paintings are filled with the qualities of charm, grace and modest elegance, depicting a seemingly gentle world of small domestic moments, garden pictures, contemplative portraits, ornamental still life, and romanticized peasants.** =====

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In Woman Reading a Letter(1910) an oil painting by Adeline Albright Wigand, We can especially see Adeline Wigand's mastery of portraiture, her elegance of line and her experiments with tones and dranatic lighting effects in this painting. =====