Landscape Symphony

Title: Landscape Symphony
Date: 1951
Creator: Merton D. Simpson, 1928-
Contributor: Atlanta Annuals
Description: Merton D. Simpson was an abstract expressionist painter and African art collector. Landscape Symphony is an abstracted landscape that depicts a white sun with hues of a dark blue-green sky. The connected polygons of vibrant red, green, orange are the main emphasis of the piece. They reach three bunches of short highlighted strokes in the landscape.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Landscapes See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Nature
Location: Atlanta; Fulton County; Georgia; USA
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on masonite
Measurements: 36 in. x 47.5 in.
Format: JPG
HBCU Identifier: 1951.001
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.CAU.088
Rights: All rights held by the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, Clark Atlanta University, (404) 880-6102 Attn: Museum Director.
Contributing Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Source: Clark Atlanta University Art Museum
Collection: Atlanta Art Annuals
Language: English