Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Tri-Kappa |
Catalog Number |
1999.001.066 |
Title |
Morning Light in the Woods |
Artist |
Vawter, Will |
Object Name |
painting |
Date |
1935 |
Description |
Original oil painting of sun-lit woods in autumn. MORNING LIGHT IN THE WOODS Hoosier Salon 1935 Will Vawter (1871-1941) Oil, 27 X 32.5 |
Provenance |
Purchased from the Hoosier Salon in 1935. This painting is a pictorial translation of a walk in the woods, a quiet communion with nature. Mr. Vawter said, "I am very glad to have Tri Kappa own this picture, and I hope that many, many lovers of the big outdoors may feel, in seeing it, the happiness which I felt in trying to interpret the glory of the pearly morning light of Indiana summer sifting through a network of golden leaves and gray branches." The picture was painted in a beautiful hilly woods between Morgantown and Nashville. Vawter first lived in Greenfield and was a personal friend of James Whitcomb Riley, illustrating some of his poems, thus leading him to quit painting signs for the merchants of Greenfield and start painting pictures, later moving to Brown County. He became one of the best known and most beloved members of the Art Colony artists and painted most every day at least a few hours or until the picture was finished, usually outdoors. He exhibited at Hoosier Salon both in Chicago and Indianapolis and at various other art associations. |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-29.5 W-35.5 inches |
Catalog date |
1999-12-13 |