Montebanks
Object Label
Throughout his career, Gifford Reynolds Beal painted subjects that celebrated American leisure pursuits in the decades between the two World Wars. In keeping with the extraordinary popularity of public rodeos during the Depression era, here the artist took on the theme of rodeo roughriders. The dynamism of the scene, in which two men help a third off a bucking horse, is enhanced by Beal’s brushy application of paint and use of bold lines.
Caption
Gifford Reynolds Beal American, 1879–1956. Montebanks, 1936. Oil on Masonite, 42 x 60 in. (106.7 x 152.4 cm) framed: 52 x 70 x 3 in. (132.1 x 177.8 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Gifford Beal, Courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, 2015.36. © artist or artist's estate
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Montebanks
Date
1936
Medium
Oil on Masonite
Classification
Dimensions
42 x 60 in. (106.7 x 152.4 cm) framed: 52 x 70 x 3 in. (132.1 x 177.8 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Gifford Beal, Courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries
Accession Number
2015.36
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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