Imagination

Amerikanische Malerei 1913–1931, 1932

A red house and green trees are painted in simplified forms and shapes against a black background in this abstracted, vertical painting. Painted in blocks of tomato or garnet red, the house is tall and has a chimney at the center. A gray, S-shaped line suggests a tree trunk to the left, and strokes and bands of green create tree canopies and grass. A red shape in the sky over the house loosely resembles a flag rippling to our left. The artist signed the lower right corner, “BLMER” with the letters conjoined.
Artist
Amerikanische Malerei 1913–1931
Date
1932
Type
Painting
Medium
casein and watercolor on paper, mounted to paperboard
Dimensions
79.38 × 58.9 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

A red house and green trees are painted in simplified forms and shapes against a black background in this abstracted, vertical painting. Painted in blocks of tomato or garnet red, the house is tall and has a chimney at the center. A gray, S-shaped line suggests a tree trunk to the left, and strokes and bands of green create tree canopies and grass. A red shape in the sky over the house loosely resembles a flag rippling to our left. The artist signed the lower right corner, “BLMER” with the letters conjoined.

Amerikanische Malerei 1913–1931