Infinities
Oil on canvas
32 1/4 x 40 1/8 inches
Circa 1913
As published in:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection
As exhibited in:
A Grand Vision: Elliott Daingerfield Paints Grandfather Mountain and the Grand Canyon, 2018–2019, Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection, 2015–2018, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia; McKissick Museum of Art at the University of South Carolina, Columbia; Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia; Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee; Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts at Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
The romantic sensibility of Elliott Daingerfield’s paintings results from his distinctive technique of layering varnish and pigment. In 1910, Daingerfield accompanied other artists to the Grand Canyon as guests of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Their assignment was to depict the dramatic scenery of the canyon in paintings that could be used to attract tourists.
An account of their visit documents the awe they experienced as they were led blindfolded to the edge of the rim. Daingerfield was dumbfounded: “Mr. Daingerfield was sometimes silent and, sometimes, colorful adjectives came tumbling from his lips in a passion of appreciation. Words which in his moments of ecstasy came nearer to describing the emotions of the Canyon than the most finished efforts of authors and poets.”
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