Use of Pure Color

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A Family of Birches

1907
oil on canvas
29 x 26 in. (73.7 x 66.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Metcalf, Willard Leroy GA
A Gray Summer Day

1911
Oil; canvas
24 1/2 in x 30 in

Adams, John Ottisnotes
This painting depicts a gray summer sky behind a green field with a creek and forest. The creek begins in the lower left corner and snakes around into the background giving depth. The trees and brush are concentrated on the right. A house or other structure is visible behind the brush. The artist signed 'J. Ottis Adams' on the bottom mid-right hand...
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A Morning in Summer

1922
oil on canvas
35 7/8 x 51 7/8 in. (91.1 x 131.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Ochtman, Leonard Unrated
A Winding Road, Brookville

1904
Oil; canvas
overall: 28 in x 36 in

Adams, John Ottisnotes
This painting depicts a winding dirt road beginning in the bottom left of the composition and winding around into the distance behind a large tree. A valley is off to the bottom right. The sky is filled with large white clouds and consumes the top 2/3 or the canvas. The artist signed his name in the lower right corner "J. Ottis Adams 1904." The...
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A Winter Day, Brookville

1910-1912
Oil; canvas
28.50 x 39.00 in

Adams, John Ottisnotes
This painting depicts a Brookville winter scene. A shallow slope begins in the center left of the composition and slants down to the right. On it sit three brown bushes, the largest sits in the center of the canvas. The field in the foreground and behind is covered with a thin layer of show and other shrubs. A hazy row of hills fill the background...
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Afternoon by the Pond

oil on canvas
25 1/8 x 30 in.

The Phillips Collection

Washington, D.C.

Weir, Julian Alden GA
Colonial Graveyard at Lexington

1891
pastel
17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (45.1 x 55.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Hassam, Frederick Childe GA
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