Room Interior with Winding Staircase

Francis Davis Millet, Room Interior with Winding Staircase, n.d., oil on board, 14 1⁄8 x 11 3⁄8 in. (35.9 x 28.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2012.14
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Artwork Details

Title
Room Interior with Winding Staircase
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Dimensions
14 1⁄8 x 11 3⁄8 in. (35.9 x 28.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the James F. Dicke Family
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on board
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Interior — detail — stairs
Object Number
2012.14
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2012.14

Artwork Description

Francis Davis Millet’s Room Interior with Winding Staircase shows an empty room in an undetermined location. The blurred shadows and rounded, imperfect lines stress the openness of this uninhabited corner. Millet’s artwork was popular abroad, notably in England, where he settled in the village of Broadway. He painted many English interior scenes, highly finished works that often featured local characters and heavily researched costumes. Room Interior with Winding Staircase, however, exhibits how he also studied the buildings and rooms themselves throughout his career.

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Artist
Date1961
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Not on view

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