Study for "Wall-Painting"
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
George Lovett Kingsland Morris American, 1905–1975. Study for "Wall-Painting", 1936. Oil paint and graphite pencil on paper, 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (24.1 x 32.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Roebling Society in honor of Mrs. Earle Kress Williams, 74.94. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.94_PS6.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Study for "Wall-Painting"
Date
1936
Medium
Oil paint and graphite pencil on paper
Classification
Dimensions
9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (24.1 x 32.1 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower right, in pencil: "Morris '36"
Inscriptions
Dated, at the edge, to the right of signature, in pencil: "1936"; upper left corner, in pencil: "Top"
Credit Line
Gift of The Roebling Society in honor of Mrs. Earle Kress Williams
Accession Number
74.94
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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Frequent Art Questions
Do you know why George Lovett Kingsland Morris was so invested in Native American Art? Was he himself Native American?
No, he himself was not Native American at all. He was born into an old and affluent Anglo-American family.He was interested in reinterpreting Native American art and craft as abstract "fine" art because he was looking for "authentic" American source material. Abstraction in American art was influenced by slightly earlier European movements like Cubism, and American artists were trying to put a homegrown stamp on the movement.Ironically, Morris was part of a group known as the "Park Avenue Cubists."
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