Painter:

Kent, Rockwell 1882-1971  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

Ca. 1933

Notes:

Leeds, Valerie Ann, "An American Palette: Works from the Collection of John and Dolores Beck," St. Petersburg, FL: Museum of Fine Arts, 2000, pg. 76.

"Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Works," New York, NY: Knopf, 1982, pg. 305.

Summary:

Bright sunny landscape depicting a view down a rocky hillside looking toward a group of colorfully dressed villagers heading toward a small church along the coast of Greenland. In the foreground a woman and a child stand on the hillside, the woman leaning down toward the child as she points in the direction of the viewer.

Topic:

Landscape--Greenland  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Recreation--Church  Search this

Architecture exterior--Religious--Church  Search this

Control number:

IAP 89490029

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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