Preston Dickinson, The Hills, ca. 1919, oil on canvas, 24 x 27 in. (61.0 x 68.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Flora E. H. Shawan from the Ferdinand Howald Collection, 1965.11.1
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Artwork Details
- Title
- The Hills
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1919
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 24 x 27 in. (61.0 x 68.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Flora E. H. Shawan from the Ferdinand Howald Collection
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Landscape — mountain
- Landscape — farm
- Architecture Exterior — farm — barn
- Architecture Exterior — domestic — farmhouse
- Object Number
- 1965.11.1
Artwork Description
Preston Dickinson painted The Hills a few years after he returned to New York from France. He admired the work of the French modernist painters, especially Paul Cézanne, who transformed his subjects into simple shapes and planes of color. Dickinson composed this landscape from triangles and curves, and even the clouds reflect the shapes of the hills and buildings. The expressive brushstrokes and vibrant color evoke an energetic, windswept day in the countryside of New York.
