The Willow Tree
C.S. Price, The Willow Tree, ca. 1924, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the European and American Art Council and Marge Riley, public domain, 1999.2
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- Title
The Willow Tree
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1924
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
31 in x 38 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: C.S. Price, brushed, lower middle
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the European and American Art Council and Marge Riley
- Accession Number
1999.2
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Largely self-taught, C.S. Price moved from literal, illustrative paintings of the American West toward works that displayed his awareness of modernism but were shaped by his personal and intuitive response to the world around him. By 1918 he had moved to the San Francisco area and his paintings began to reflect his mature style. The Willow Tree, which dates from this formative period, accompanied Price when he moved to Portland in 1928. It bears all the hallmarks of Price's finest paintings: bold, often startling colors, confident handling of paint, and an assured compositional technique.
