Artwork Details
22-1/8 x 32-3/16 in. (canvas) 29 x 39 x 2-1/8 in. (framed/optium)
Mark DescriptionSigned and dated, l.l.: J. Ottis Adams 1901 Inscribed in artist's hand, verso, top stretcher bar: The Wane of Winter / J. Ottis Adams / Price $300
Accession NumberGift of Mrs. John A. Adams
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette- Finding energy in a late winter landscape, Adams used a colorful palette tipped with frothy whites to capture the rushing current of the Whitewater River, swollen by melting snow, at Brookville, Indiana.
- While most artists visited The Hermitage—an artist retreat in Brookville—only during the summer, Adams and his wife stayed for all four seasons during the most prolific part of his career. His experiences there made him the first of the Hoosier Group to extensively explore winter effects as seen here and in Frosty Morning, also in this gallery.
- The Wane of Winter was praised by The Indianapolis News as one of his best canvases and as an advocate for wintertime by showing “how far from desolate it usually is.”
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
corporate office display
Eli Lilly and Company
October 18, 1993 - March 5, 1999
6th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists and being the 19th Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of Indianapolis
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
May 6, 1902 - May 27, 1902
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