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Springtime

Oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 34 1/8 inches
1927

As published in:
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection

As exhibited in:
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

From 1886 until his death, Elliott Dangerfield divided his time between New York City and his home in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. In the former, he functioned as a respected member of the art community, gaining full membership at the National Academy of Design in 1906 and writing articles about artists who shared his aesthetic inclinations. In the Blue Ridge Mountains, he discovered ample subject matter: rolling terrain, well-cultivated farmland, and rustic laborers reminiscent of Barbizon peasants.

Clearly proud of Springtime, Daingerfield wrote to a patron: “The blossom picture is as fine a thing as I’ve done and the result of a life-time wish to paint a Spring theme. It was done near Tryon, N.C. and has the quality of springtime to a high degree.”

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