Artist:

Jon Serl, born Olean, NY 1894-died Lake Elsinore, CA 1993  Search this

Medium:

oil on board

Dimensions:

72 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (183.9 x 54.0 cm)

Type:

Painting

Folk Art

Date:

1967

Gallery Label:

Jon Serl’s paintings magnificently fuse the vivid life of his peripatetic, vaudeville upbringing with mature musings on survival, human relations, gender identity, morality, and his own artistic life in the company of chickens and chihuahuas. When Serl began painting in earnest in the late 1940s, he favored landscapes. He soon turned to portrayals of human interaction marked by saturated color and liquid-limbed, dream-like figures.

Topic:

Figure male\full length  Search this

Performing arts\music\banjo  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

Copyright:

© 2000, Randall Morris

Object number:

1998.84.32

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, West Wing

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75facbab8-1e25-4e02-976e-a5935464afb1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1998.84.32