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"Landscape (Mississippi, Soil Erosion)", Ackland Art Museum

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"Landscape (Mississippi, Soil Erosion)", Ackland Art Museum

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Mountainous desert landscape with trees.

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Date:

c. 1926

Artist:

Hale Woodruff
American, 1900-1980

About this artwork

Twilight, one of Hale Woodruff's early paintings, is a vivid landscape that reflects his desire to define himself as a modernist. A scene of a small grove of trees backlit by an intense sunset, the painting exuberantly evokes the brilliant color of the Fauves (French for "wild beasts"). The artist applied bold streaks of pigment using fluid brushstrokes, drawing attention to the paint's texture. Paintings such as Twilight inspired the acclaimed Harlem Renaissance author Alain Locke to praise the young artist: "Mr. Woodruff paints landscapes of originality," with a "warm beauty" of color. Woodruff later became a highly influential muralist and educator, dedicated to promoting the works and careers of African American artists.

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Publication History

Judith A. Barter et al., American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955, (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2009), cat. 56.

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, The Negro in Art Week, Nov 16-Dec 1, 1927, cat. 40.

Provenance

Mrs. Olivia Anderson, Indianapolis, (sister-in-law of the artist). Derrick Joshua Beard, by 1993; sold by him to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993.

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Show this image c. 1926 Hale WoodruffAmerican, 1900-1980 Twilight, one of Hale Woodruff's early paintings, is a vivid landscape that reflects his desire to define himself as a modernist. A scene of a small grove of trees backlit by an intense sunset, the painting exuberantly evokes the brilliant color of the Fauves (French for "wild beasts").

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"Normandy Landscape", Baltimore Museum of Art

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"Normandy Landscape", Baltimore Museum of Art

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"Georgia Landscape", Smithsonian Museum of American Art

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"Georgia Landscape", Smithsonian Museum of American Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

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Hale Woodruff (1900–1980) Red Landscape, c. 1970 Oil on canvas 30 × 40 in. The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase and a gift of E. Thomas Williams and Auldlyn Higgins Williams, New York 1997.9.22

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Inscription

lower left: Hale Woodruff

Provenance

Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington, possibly by 1987, certainly by 1989;[1] gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Exhibition History

1989

African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, more than twenty venues, January 1989 - November 1992, no. 37, fig. 34.

Bibliography

1997

Levy, Claudia. "Art Dealer Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr. Dies." The Washington Post (17 January 1997): B:6.

2011

Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 325, repro.

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Inscription lower left: Hale Woodruff Provenance Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. [1952-1997], Washington, possibly by 1987, certainly by 1989;[1] gift 1996 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art. Exhibition History 1989 African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, more than twenty venues, January 1989 - November 1992, no.

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"Mississippi Landscape", The Johnson Collection

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"Mississippi Landscape", The Johnson Collection

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Mississippi Landscape :: The Johnson Collection, LLC

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Mississippi Landscape by Hale Woodruff is a watercolor, ink, and gouache work on paper in the Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, South Carolina.