Mountain and Meadow
1960
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View on museum website →Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 152.4 x 172.7 cm (60 x 68 in.) framed: 157.2 x 177.2 x 6.3 cm (61 7/8 x 69 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Sally Michel Avery, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.52.1
About the Artist
Milton Avery
Milton Avery, born on March 7, 1885, in Altmar, New York, to a working-class family—his father a tanner—grew up in modest circumstances. After his family's move to the Hartford area of Connecticut in 1898, he took on various manual jobs, including as a mechanic, clerk, and construction worker, to support himself and relatives following family tragedies. His artistic path began around 1905 at the C...