Green Landscape

Gregory Gillespie, Green Landscape, 1971, oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.35
Gregory Gillespie, Green Landscape, 1971, oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood, 9 5812 in. (24.630.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.35

Artwork Details

Title
Green Landscape
Date
1971
Dimensions
9 5812 in. (24.630.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — pig
  • Animal — bird — chicken
  • Landscape — garden
  • Landscape — farm
Object Number
1986.6.35

Artwork Description

Gillespie painted Green Landscape shortly after his return to the United States from Italy in 1970, where he had begun crafting small, visionary landscapes that blended elements of Flemish realism and surrealism with collaged views of the contemporary world. The cabbages, pecking chickens, and fall color in his landscape are true to nature, but the image seems invented and out of time.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (10 items)

Gregory Gillespie, Green Landscape, 1971, oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.35
Green Landscape
Date1971
oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood
On view
Gregory Gillespie, Landscape with Perspective, 1975, oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.91
Landscape with Perspective
Date1975
oil and acrylic on paper collage mounted on wood
Not on view
Gregory Gillespie, Mother and Son, from the portfolio Six Images, 1986, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Frank Mainzer, 1991.142.4, © 1986, Gregory Gillespie
Mother and Son, from the portfolio Six Images
Date1986
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Gregory Gillespie, Orange Plant, from the portfolio Six Images, 1986, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Frank Mainzer, 1991.142.2, © 1986, Gregory Gillespie
Orange Plant, from the portfolio Six Images
Date1986
lithograph on paper
Not on view

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To the Dynamic Sarlo (Woman in Red with Decorated Hat)
Date1960s
oil and acrylic on canvas
Not on view
Barry Dalgleish, Interior with Trunk, 1984, acrylic and oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.84.2
Interior with Trunk
Date1984
acrylic and oil on canvas
Not on view
Stanley Edwards, Infant in Altar IV, 1965, oil and acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection, 1980.137.24
Infant in Altar IV
Date1965
oil and acrylic on canvas
Not on view