Garden in May

Name (Dublin Core): Garden in May
Summary (Dublin Core): Maria Oakey Dewing and her husband, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, spent the summers from 1885 to 1905 at an artists' colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. There they cultivated the large garden that Maria studied and painted. In Garden in May [SAAM, 1929.6.26] the viewer has a "worm's-eye view" of a bed of carnations and roses. Dewing places the viewer among the living stems and blossoms that she knew so well. She has cropped a section from the larger bed for intense study, as if she had held a frame in front of the garden and painted only what fit in the rectangle. (Source: SAAM database)
Artist (Dublin Core): Maria Oakey Dewing
Date (Dublin Core): 1895
Topic (Dublin Core): Gardens; Impressionism (Art)--United States; Spring; Carnations; Roses
Medium (Dublin Core): Oil on canvas
Dimensions (Dublin Core): 23 5⁄8 x 32 1⁄2 in. (60.1 x 82.5 cm.)
place of creation (VRA Ontology): Cornish
location of (VRA Ontology): Smithsonian American Art Museum; Washington, D.C.
Provenance (Dublin Core): Gift of John Gellatly
Identifier (Dublin Core): 1929.6.26
Source (Dublin Core): SAAM Collection. Item: 1929.6.26
Rights (Dublin Core): No Copyright - United States