Landscape of Roads and Woods, Santa Fe
Artist
Jozef G. Bakos
(American, 1891 - 1977)
Date1920-1950
Mediumwatercolor
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (36.8 x 54 cm)
Frame: 20 x 28 x 1 in. (50.8 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm)
Frame: 20 x 28 x 1 in. (50.8 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Helen L. Starbuck, 1994
Object number1994.26.12
DescriptionPurple mountain in distance. Road, aspens in fore and middle ground, evergreens at left, blue sky.eMuseum Notes
Jozef Bakos regularly hiked the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from his home in Santa Fe in search of subject matter, painting watercolor views such as this one en plein air. The leaves of the aspen trees turn a brilliant gold in the fall and were a draw for artists in New Mexico.
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