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May Snow
1937
Torvald Arnst Hoyer
Born: Copenhagen, Denmark 1872
Died: Chicago, Illinois 1949
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 24 in. (76.0 x 61.0 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum acquisition
1979.10.4
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center
Torvald Hoyer created many images based on his travels, often painting them from memory many years later. In this painting the tiny dabs of paint create a soft, hazy image, evoking the effect of snow on the landscape. This scene was probably inspired by a childhood memory, and the small figure pulling a sled may be the artist himself, looking for adventure in the unexpected spring snow.
For more information about this work visit the Luce Foundation Center.
Keywords
Architecture Exterior - domestic - house
Figure(s) in exterior - rural
Landscape - season - spring
Landscape - weather - snow
Recreation - sport and play - sledding
New Deal - Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project - Illinois
painting
folk art
paint - oil
fabric - canvas
About Torvald Arnst Hoyer
Born: Copenhagen, Denmark 1872 Died: Chicago, Illinois 1949
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