(Untitled)
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration
Accession Number
1974.28.106
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Art Historical Context
This untitled landscape painting, created by an unidentified American artist 1936, captures the essence of the American countryside during a pivotal era. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection—transferred from the General Services—it exemplifies the era's focus on everyday natural beauty, evoking vast skies, rolling hills, or rural vistas that grounded viewers in their homeland. The artwork's "New Deal" ties it directly to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs, launched amid the Great Depression to employ artists through initiatives like the Works Progress Administrat...
About the Artist
Unidentified (American) ( ) · 1851 –1899
1851–1899