Theodora Thayer (1868-1905) was an American painter best known for her miniatures.
She studied with Joseph DeCamp in Boston.
Thayer taught at the New York School of Art and the Art Students League and was a founding member of the American Society of Miniature Painters.
“Her fine portrait of Bliss Carman is considered one of the memorable achievements in American miniature painting.”
Works
Thayer's works can be found in collections at:
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard University, Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts