Black Mountain
1854-1912
Oil on canvas
29 5/8 in x 40 1/4 in
Undated
Label:
Although largely based in New York, Lyell Carr was a frequent visitor to northwest Georgia near the southern edge of the Appalachian Mountains. Black Mountain is located in the Chattahoochee National Forest and is the highest peak in Dawson County, Georgia.
Black Mountain illustrates a pastoral idyll in which the looming mountain underscores the dichotomy between the majesty of nature and the feeble encroachment of man, evident in the modest barn and diminutive human figure milking a lone cow. A critic writing in 1894 commended Carr for creating an “oasis for those who are not interested in experiments and studio clevernesses, but ask that a picture shall tell them a nice little story.”
Now On View:
As Published In:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, 2015
As Exhibited In:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, November 1, 2015–January 3, 2016, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, January 16–April 10, 2016, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, January 16–April 10, 2016, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC, May 19–August 5, 2017, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, October 13, 2017–March 25, 2018, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, August 28–December 13, 2018
Farm to Table: American Silver, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, May 29–November 16, 2014