Sand Dune, Neah-kah-nie
Henry Frederick Wentz, Sand Dune, Neah-kah-nie, 1914, oil on canvas board, Gift of a group headed by Mrs. H. C. Wortman: George Good, John J. Edwards, Mary Frances Isom, the Art Class, Mrs. Theresa Jackson, Albert E. Doyle, T. L. Eliot, H. C. Wortman, Henrietta H. Failing, Anna B. Crocker, the Architectural Class, Elizabeth Cadwell, public domain, 15.5
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- Title
Sand Dune, Neah-kah-nie
- Artist
- Date
1914
- Medium
oil on canvas board
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
10 7/8 in x 15 1/8 in x 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature; date: Wentz '14, brushed, lower right
- Collection Area
American Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of a group headed by Mrs. H. C. Wortman: George Good, John J. Edwards, Mary Frances Isom, the Art Class, Mrs. Theresa Jackson, Albert E. Doyle, T. L. Eliot, H. C. Wortman, Henrietta H. Failing, Anna B. Crocker, the Architectural Class, Elizabeth Cadwell
- Accession Number
15.5
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Related Places
Depicts: Oregon
Depicts: Neahkahnie Beach
His studies with the impressionist artist Frank Vincent DuMond are evident in the lyricism of Harry Wentz’s watercolors and oil paintings. The gifted teacher Arthur Wesley Dow, whose lessons in composition relied on avant-garde European art, as well as Asian paintings and prints, also influenced Wentz.
Wentz, who joined the staff of the Museum Art School in 1910, was one of its most innovative teachers, remembered for his integrity and sensitivity, as well as his artistic gifts. Sand Dunes, Neah-kah-nie was painted near the artist’s cottage on the coast. In 1914, a reviewer noted that the painting "combines charm of color with quiet vigor and a steadfast truth to the large aspects of nature."
- Exhibitions
2017 Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon Portland Art Museum