Object Details
Artist
Jon Serl, born Olean, NY 1894-died Lake Elsinore, CA 1993
Gallery Label
Jon Serl’s paintings magnificently fuse the vivid life of his peripatetic, vaudeville upbringing with mature musings on survival, human relations, gender identity, morality, and his own artistic life in the company of chickens and chihuahuas. When Serl began painting in earnest in the late 1940s, he favored landscapes. He soon turned to portrayals of human interaction marked by saturated color and liquid-limbed, dream-like figures.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Copyright
© 2000, Randall Morris
Date
1967
Object number
1998.84.32
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Folk Art
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
72 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (183.9 x 54.0 cm)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, West Wing
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure male\full length
Performing arts\music\banjo
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1998.84.32