An August Sunset - Prairie Dell

An August Sunset - Prairie Dell
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Artist
nationality
American
birth-death
1851-1927
Creation date
Collection
American
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 x 28 in. 29 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (framed)
Currently On View
Location
Weisenberger Indiana Gallery
Credit line
Gift of Robert Brady Adams, John A. Adams, and Edward W. Adams
Accession number
55.26
Provenance

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Owned by Winifred Brady Adams (wife of the artist); given to the museum by sons of the artist
Gallery Label

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Here the sun sets over the rich, green, prairie landscape.  A bright orange orb suggests the end of a hot summer day.

This painting is characteristic of the flatness and horizontality of the landscape.

Prairie Dell is an area in Prairie Township, not far from Adams's home in Muncie, Indiana.

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