Object Details
Artist
J. Francis Murphy, born Oswego, NY 1853-died New York City 1921
Luce Center Label
J. Francis Murphy created intimate landscape scenes that were painstakingly produced. His process required applying one overall wash of paint to the canvas while he was outside so that he could capture the dominant colors of the landscape. He would let the canvas dry for up to a year before completing the painting in his studio. With its spindly trees, soft yellow-green fields and sweeping clouds, Indian Summer conjures the hazy quality of a memory or dream. (Burke, “J. Francis Murphy,” American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III, 1980)
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
Date
1903
Object number
1909.7.51
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
16 1/4 x 22 in. (41.2 x 56.0 cm)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 30A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Landscape\plain
Landscape\season\autumn
Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
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Record ID
saam_1909.7.51