Rio Grande Valley
Artist
William Lumpkins
(American, 1909 - 2000)
DateFebruary 1938
Mediumwatercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 15 × 21 in. (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Support: 15 × 21 in. (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Support: 15 × 21 in. (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number789.23P
DescriptionWatercolor landscape in rusty tones of hills and sky with trees in foreground and dirt road to lower left of image.eMuseum Notes
William Lumpkins began painting in 1932, demonstrating a preference for watercolor for much of his career. He experimented with varying degrees of abstraction for much of the decade, encouraged by fellow artist Raymond Jonson to abandon recognizable subject matter. This watercolor of the Rio Grande Valley is among Lumpkins's more conservative works from the decade, with a simplified approach to the forms of the mesas and cottonwoods.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- New Deal
- landscapes (representations)
