Painter:

Buchser, Frank 1828-1890  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Culture:

African American  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Gottfried Keller Foundation

Date:

Ca. 1870

Notes:

"Frank Buchser, a Swiss Artist in America, 1866-1871," Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 1996, no. 31.

Summary:

Rural scene depicting a group of African American figures seated on a sun-dappled dirt road, their attention directed toward a man seated on the side strumming a banjo and singing. On the left there is a clapboard house with two horses hitched to a post in the back. On the right there is a fence and a cornefield.

Topic:

Landscape--Virginia  Search this

Landscape--Road  Search this

Landscape--Farm  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Animal--Horse  Search this

Performing Arts--Music--Voice  Search this

Performing Arts--Music--Banjo  Search this

Control number:

IAP 89960020

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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