The Clothesline
1867-1935
Oil on canvas
48 1/8 in x 40 1/8 in
Circa 1928
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Before he was twenty years old, William de Leftwich Dodge began his studies at Paris’ prestigious École des Beaux Arts. His conservative academic training empowered him to become a celebrated muralist and key proponent of the American Renaissance style. He fulfilled notable mural commissions for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the Library of Congress.
In his easel paintings Dodge preferred less elaborate subjects. Explaining a painting by Claude Monet to his wife, he declared: “broken color is what gives the whole picture that fresh, brilliant look”—a statement that might apply equally to The Clothesline.
As Published In:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, 2015
As Exhibited In:
The Sight of Sound, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, August 16–October 28, 2023
Virtues & Vices, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, October 30, 2019–January 24, 2020
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
The Elemental South: Visions of the Southern Landscape, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, December 4, 2014–February 26, 2015