Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Tri-Kappa |
Catalog Number |
1999.001.089 |
Title |
Kitchen From Way Back |
Artist |
Hansell, Gifford |
Object Name |
painting |
Date |
1951 |
Description |
Original oil painting of a historic kitchen. KITCHEN FROM AWAY BACK Hoosier Salon 1951 Gifford Hansell (1903-1963) Oil on canvas,18.5 X 22.5 No. 34 |
Provenance |
Purchased from the Hoosier Salon in 1951. This painting was conceived during the Tri Kappa Madison Tour of Homes in October 1951… this is the basement kitchen of the Sullivan House ... have you ever wondered how a waffle iron so small could feed a family the size of the average family many years ago? … says Gifford Hansell, with a twinkle in his eye, "Father ate the waffles and Mother fried pancakes for the rest of the family" ... Born in Deputy, Indiana, in 1903 ... first art teacher was Ralph Sowell, a former teacher at John Herron Art Institute … other instructors were Carl Graf, C. Curry Bohm, Alberta Schultz, Alfred Willkie, and others ... several semesters of work at the Indiana University Extension in Je?ersonville, and then later New Albany ... still later in Louisville, Kentucky, at the University of Louisville ... favorite type of painting was, to quote the artist, "down to earth, realistic" …exhibited at the Indiana and Kentucky State Fair Art Exhibits, the 75th Anniversary of L.S. Ayres and Company and at the John Herron spring shows. |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-17.75 W-22 inches |
Catalog date |
1999-12-13 |