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Painter:
Blessum, Benjamin 1877-1954  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas on wood
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum 502 West Water Street Decorah Iowa 52101 Accession Number: 1988.020.002
Date:
1927
Notes:
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, 2016.
(Lower right:) Ben Blessum signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
View looking across a river with the sun setting over mountains in the background and a small group of figures gathered by a tent in the foreground.
Topic:
Landscape--Norway  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Sun  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Tent  Search this
Animal--Deer  Search this
Control number:
IAP 14550173
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_461883