Oscar Bluemner

Old Canal Port
1914

A colorful expressionist painting depicting a stylized urban landscape with houses in shades of blue, white, and yellow, large green trees, and a backdrop of rolling hills under a sky with hints of orange and blue. The scene is reflected in the water in the foreground, and the artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
A colorful expressionist painting depicting a stylized urban landscape with houses in shades of blue, white, and yellow, large green trees, and a backdrop of rolling hills under a sky with hints of orange and blue. The scene is reflected in the water in the foreground, and the artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.

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Date
1914

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/4 × 40 1/4in. (76.8 × 102.2 cm)

Accession number
31.114

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/1911

Oscar Bluemner
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