Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned Western Mining Town
Morris Graves, Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned Western Mining Town, 1936, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Arlene and Harold Schnitzer, © 1936 Morris Graves Foundation, 2001.45.1
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- Title
Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned Western Mining Town
- Artist
- Date
1936
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
33 1/2 in x 37 7/8 in
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Arlene and Harold Schnitzer
- Accession Number
2001.45.1
- Copyright
© 1936 Morris Graves Foundation
- Terms
Morris Graves grew up in Oregon and Washington and achieved international acclaim for his works influenced by Transcendentalism and Asian philosophy. His compositions are characterized by thick applications of impasto with a palette knife and often include personal iconography such as flowers and birds. His inclusion in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1942 launched his career. This melancholic painting was created the year following a studio fire that destroyed all of his work.
