Oscar Bluemner

Composition

1931

A vibrant painting featuring a stylized landscape with a red-roofed white house surrounded by lush green trees. The scene includes bold blocks of color, with a deep blue sky, a bright red chimney, and the blue and white of the water in the background, reflecting the sky and the house. The artwork is rendered in a modernist style with simplified forms and strong outlines.

A vibrant painting featuring a stylized landscape with a red-roofed white house surrounded by lush green trees. The scene includes bold blocks of color, with a deep blue sky, a bright red chimney, and the blue and white of the water in the background, reflecting the sky and the house. The artwork is rendered in a modernist style with simplified forms and strong outlines.

Not on view

Date
1931

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on wood

Dimensions
Overall (sight): 30 1/16 × 24in. (76.4 × 61 cm)

Accession number
33.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1988

Exhibitions

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014
Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011
Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century

Feb 25, 2000–May 20, 2006
First Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting

Nov 22, 1932–Jan 5, 1933

Oscar Bluemner
17 works in the collection, 9 exhibitions

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