GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this landscape painted near Waxahachie, Texas, Florence McClung emphasizes the rounded forms of the hills of the valley, juxtaposing them against the vertical bound shocks of wheat. Like her colleagues in the Dallas Nine, the group of artists who came to the fore in North Texas in the 1930s and 40s, McClung chose the landscape around her for her subject matter. While McClung investigates the geometry of the land in similar ways to her fellow artists, her imagery emphasizes the richness and bounty of nature.
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William Keyse Rudolph, Label text, 2007.
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Created in 1937
"Florence McClung's idealized Squaw Creek Valley conveys a similar sense of the formal power of the ordinary landscape. Not as decorative as Grant Wood's paintings of the Iowa countryside, McClung's painting retains the muscular sense of design that she must have learned from her teacher, Alexandre Hogue." Lone Star Regionalism, Rick Stewart, p. 100
Exhibition: Lone Star Regionalism: The Dallas Nine and their Circle 1928-1945, February 3, 1985-July 10, 1988
Publication: Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West, 1890-1945 ed. Patricia Trenton, University of California Press, 1995
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Depicted location and place of origin: Waxahachie (Texas/United States): TGN: 2108378
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Before 1985: Florence E. McClung
From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
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General Description
In this landscape painted near Waxahachie, Texas, Florence McClung emphasizes the rounded forms of the hills of the valley, juxtaposing them against the vertical bound shocks of wheat. Like her colleagues in the Dallas Nine, the group of artists who came to the fore in North Texas in the 1930s and 40s, McClung chose the landscape around her for her subject matter. While McClung investigates the geometry of the land in similar ways to her fellow artists, her imagery emphasizes the richness and bounty of nature.
Excerpt from
William Keyse Rudolph, Label text, 2007.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Created in 1937
"Florence McClung's idealized Squaw Creek Valley conveys a similar sense of the formal power of the ordinary landscape. Not as decorative as Grant Wood's paintings of the Iowa countryside, McClung's painting retains the muscular sense of design that she must have learned from her teacher, Alexandre Hogue." Lone Star Regionalism, Rick Stewart, p. 100
Exhibition: Lone Star Regionalism: The Dallas Nine and their Circle 1928-1945, February 3, 1985-July 10, 1988
Publication: Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West, 1890-1945 ed. Patricia Trenton, University of California Press, 1995
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location and place of origin: Waxahachie (Texas/United States): TGN: 2108378
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Before 1985: Florence E. McClung
From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above
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