The Leninger Place
1890-1980
Oil on canvas
50 1/8 in x 40 1/8 in
1935
Label:
This painting illustrates Dickinson’s preferred technique of alla prima, or “wet-on-wet,” which involves the rapid completion of a painting so that, in Dickinson’s words, “the enthusiasm and vigor of the first painting […] will be kept on the canvas, no matter how minutely it may be finished later on.” Thus, Dickinson captures the immediacy of a first impression, even if the actual identity of the subject remains unknown.
Now On View:
As Exhibited In:
Southern Gothic: Literary Intersections with Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, October 1, 2026–January 3, 2027, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, February 6–May 16, 2027
The League of Extraordinary Artists, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, September 3–December 13, 2024
Face to Face: 200 Years of Portraiture from the Johnson Collection, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, October 19, 2022–January 7, 2023
Picture of America: Art of the Southern Scene, TJC Gallery, Spartanburg, SC, March 9–April 21, 2017