Rolling Hills

Andrew Dasburg, Rolling Hills, after 1924, oil on canvas mounted on panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.7
Copied Andrew Dasburg, Rolling Hills, after 1924, oil on canvas mounted on panel, overall: 13 1⁄8 x 16 1⁄4 in. (33.3 x 41.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb, 1991.205.7

Artwork Details

Title
Rolling Hills
Artist
Date
after 1924
Location
Dimensions
overall: 13 1⁄8 x 16 1⁄4 in. (33.3 x 41.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Arvin Gottlieb
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas mounted on panel
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — New Mexico — Taos
Object Number
1991.205.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1991.205.7

Artwork Description

Andrew Dasburg believed that it was important to bring out the relationship between man and nature. He wrote that he was captivated by the “grandeur of the land . . . the mountains . . . the plains . . . what man has made . . . all my work is involved with the human element.” (Whitney, Spirited Visions: The Art of Andrew Dasburg, 1999) Dasburg used short, cross-hatched brushstrokes to integrate a full range of colors into every part of Rolling Hills, stitching the roads and farmhouses, fields, hills and sky into a unified whole.