Artwork Details
24-1/8 x 20 in. (canvas) 33-1/4 x 29-1/4 x 2-1/4 in. (framed)
Mark DescriptionSigned and dated, lower left.: Otto Stark | 1909
Accession NumberGift of Miss Gretchen Stark
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteMiss Gretchen Stark; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1971.
- Beyond the reach of the darker green shadows that surround the seated figure, the loosely brushed foliage and building in the background shine in the morning light. Stark was working in the American Impressionist style, with the intention of capturing the true feeling of a specific moment of light, color, and atmosphere.
- Similar to American Impressionist painters who worked on the East Coast or in France, as seen in gallery K208, Stark chose to paint a refined young woman in a private garden. The subject is the artist’s daughter Gretchen at The Hermitage—his friend J. Ottis Adam’s creative retreat in Brookville, Indiana, where many artists spent summers painting the landscape. Years later, Gretchen donated this painting to the IMA.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
14th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
March 5, 1910 - March 28, 1910
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