Hurry to see American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum before it closes on October 21, 2001.The traveling show will be on view for just five more days at the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.
Fleeting Impression
Hurry to see American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum before it closes on October 21, 2001.The traveling show will be on view for just five more days at the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.
Showcasing more than fifty works from our dazzling collection, the exhibition includes Gold Mining, Cripple Creek by Ernest Lawson. The palette of dark grays and blacks interwoven with vibrant colors, along with the heavy texture achieved by applying the paint with a palette knife, alludes to the grit and grime associated with the harsh toil of miners. Ernest Lawson painted this work in Cripple Creek, Colorado, a large gold-mining camp west of Colorado Springs, where he taught at an art academy.
Source: Joann Moser. American Impressionism: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (exhibition text, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1999).
Pictured: Ernest Lawson, 1873 Canada–1939 USA, Gold Mining, Cripple Creek, 1929, oil, 40 x 50 1/4 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design.