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 (4 items)

Charles White, The Children, 1950, ink and graphite on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Julie Seitzman and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2009.13
The Children
Date1950
ink and graphite on paper
Not on view
Charles White, Love Letter, 1971, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of June Wayne, 1991.179.14, © 1971, Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
Love Letter
Date1971
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Charles White, Love Letter, 1971, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of June Wayne, 1991.179.15, © 1971, Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles
Love Letter
Date1971
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Charles White, Hasty B, 1970, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.155.1
Hasty B
Date1970
lithograph on paper
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Lee Godie, To the Dynamic Sarlo (Woman in Red with Decorated Hat), 1960s, oil and acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.22
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