Chimayo
Artist
George W. Bellows
(American, 1882 - 1925)
Date1917
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 30 1/2 × 44 in. (77.5 × 111.8 cm)
Frame: 40 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (102.9 x 138.4 x 6.4 cm)
Frame: 40 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (102.9 x 138.4 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor, 1974
Object number3069.23P
DescriptionWhite horse faces away from viewer; donkeys to right of image, four figures to left of image, adobe houses in background, blue mountains in background; yellow/green sky; tree at top right corner.eMuseum Notes
Like several other members of Robert Henri’s artistic group, the Ashcan School, George Bellows visited New Mexico at Henri’s invitation in 1917, the year the New Mexico Museum of Art opened its doors. This group of artists focused their talents on finding beauty in unromanticized everyday subject matter, particularly in urban settings, although in New Mexico, Bellows looked to the landscape, architecture, and people of the rural Southwest. In Chimayo, Bellows unconventionally ignored the town’s iconic Santuario church, instead focusing on a genre scene representing the everyday life of the people of the rural village.
On View
On viewTerms
- pastures
- houses
- people
- trees
- mountains
- hills
- vegetation
- yellow
- wagons
