The Shadow of a Legacy In a Boston studio during the early 19th century, a young girl watches the light shift across a canvas. She is not permitted to hold the brush or receive formal instruction. Instead, Jane Stuart spends her childhood grinding pigments and filling in the backgrounds of her father's large-scale works. Her father, Gilbert Stuart, believes that true talent requires no formal training, a philosophy that leaves Jane to…
Scroll through Jane Stuart's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Jane Stuart's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.