Mother and Three Children Making a Floral Wreath

Amerikanische Volkskunst, c. 1825

The image shows an elevated viewpoint of a landscape with colorful houses, trees, and figures. The scene is depicted in a simplistic style with flat colors and defined brushstrokes typical of folk art. The color palette includes earthy greens for the hills and pastel colors for the houses against a deep blue sky. In the foreground, there are two women seated by a waterway, another woman holding a flowering branch, and a child beside her. Trees in the upper right corner frame the scene.

Artist: Amerikanische Volkskunst
Date: c. 1825
Type: Drawing
Medium: watercolor over graphite on paperr mounted to paperboard
Dimensions: 30.5 × 35.6 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence: Public domain, CC0

Image description

The image shows an elevated viewpoint of a landscape with colorful houses, trees, and figures. The scene is depicted in a simplistic style with flat colors and defined brushstrokes typical of folk art. The color palette includes earthy greens for the hills and pastel colors for the houses against a deep blue sky. In the foreground, there are two women seated by a waterway, another woman holding a flowering branch, and a child beside her. Trees in the upper right corner frame the scene.

Amerikanische Volkskunst