Lionhead Mountain, Colorado
Artist
Jozef G. Bakos
(American, 1891 - 1977)
Datecirca 1920
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 15 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (38.7 × 49.5 cm)
Frame: 19 1/8 × 23 1/2 × 2 in. (48.6 × 59.7 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 19 1/8 × 23 1/2 × 2 in. (48.6 × 59.7 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Alice Dodge Wallace Trust, 2020
Object number2020.29.2
DescriptionMountain depicted in the background with overcast sky. Empty dirt arroyo shown at the bottom right of the painting.eMuseum Notes
Lions Head Mountain, located to the south of Denver, Colorado, is shown in the distance of this painting. Artist Jozef Bakos had been teaching at the University of Colorado, Boulder, but he likely painted this scene when the university was closed in 1920 by an epidemic of influenza. Bakos would have hiked to record this view, and hiking would continue to be part of his practice upon his relocation to Santa Fe later in 1920. In Lionhead Mountain, Colorado, Bakos used expressive brushwork and a naturalistic palette to capture his impression of the scene.
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