GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1924, midwestern artist Raymond Jonson permanently moved to New Mexico, where he would later become a formative member of the Transcendental Painting Group (TPG), which sought to defend and promote non-objective and abstract art in the Southwest. Divorcing their art from the powerful desert landscape, a frequent subject for regional artists, members of the TPG took an introspective approach, expressing imaginative worlds and dreamlike vistas through modern methods of color and space light theory.
In this snowy landscape, Jonson’s use of sculptural elements, molded and stacked one atop another, results in a whimsical, abstracted winter scene. Jonson paints nature as highly geometric, using both line and color to create a sense of chaotic movement and rhythm. Ordered snowflakes fill the background, harmoniously maintained and directed by swirling linework, whose repetition likewise organizes the winter squall.
Excerpt from
Erin Pinon, DMA label text, 2016.
NOTES
Created in 1928
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Artist/designers
Jonson, Raymond (American, 1891-1982)
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Geography
Place of origin: New Mexico (state/United States): TGN: 7007566
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PROVENANCE
From 1984: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mrs. and Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman, purchased from Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., New York (dealer) [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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WEB RESOURCES
- The Raymond Jonson Collection, UNMAM~View more works by Raymond Jonson at the University of New Mexico Art Museum.
- Raymond Jonson, Biography~Read a biography of Raymond Jonson at the Smithsonian American Art Museum website.
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General Description
In 1924, midwestern artist Raymond Jonson permanently moved to New Mexico, where he would later become a formative member of the Transcendental Painting Group (TPG), which sought to defend and promote non-objective and abstract art in the Southwest. Divorcing their art from the powerful desert landscape, a frequent subject for regional artists, members of the TPG took an introspective approach, expressing imaginative worlds and dreamlike vistas through modern methods of color and space light theory.
In this snowy landscape, Jonson’s use of sculptural elements, molded and stacked one atop another, results in a whimsical, abstracted winter scene. Jonson paints nature as highly geometric, using both line and color to create a sense of chaotic movement and rhythm. Ordered snowflakes fill the background, harmoniously maintained and directed by swirling linework, whose repetition likewise organizes the winter squall.
Excerpt from
Erin Pinon, DMA label text, 2016.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- The Raymond Jonson Collection, UNMAM~View more works by Raymond Jonson at the University of New Mexico Art Museum.
- Raymond Jonson, Biography~Read a biography of Raymond Jonson at the Smithsonian American Art Museum website.
Notes
Created in 1928
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Jonson, Raymond (American, 1891-1982)
Cultures
Geography
Place of origin: New Mexico (state/United States): TGN: 7007566
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1984: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mrs. and Mrs. Duncan E. Boeckman, purchased from Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., New York (dealer) [1]
[1] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.
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