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Metadata
Artist |
Stevens, Will Henry |
Title |
#320 Untitled 1945 #13719 |
Medium |
pastel on paper |
Date |
1945 |
Description |
Will Henry Stevens (Vevay, Indiana 1881-1949 Vevay, Indiana) Untitled (#320), 1945 Pastel on paper 16 x 14 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2001 Artscapes purchase with funds provided by Marie and Bob Alcorn, Barbara and Steve Apking, Barbara and Bernard E. Bernstein, Lane and Charles Hays, Shannon and Bobby Denton, Susan and Lee Hyde, Penny Lynch and Kimbro Maguire, Plasti-Line Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. James R. Martin, Daniel F. McGehee in honor of Sandra Powell Emond, Alexandra Rosen, Debbie and Ron Watkins, Christine Patterson and Ed Winter Will Henry Stevens was a pioneer of modernism in the American South. His lush and colorful paintings and pastels reflect his deep love of nature from the highlands of Appalachia to the lowlands and deltas of Louisiana. He traveled to the Smoky Mountains in the summers, where he painted primarily in East Tennessee and western North Carolina. Stevens drew and painted simultaneously in two styles: one abstract, influenced by modernist masters such as Klee and Kandinsky, and the other a descriptive approach tied to specific outdoor settings. |
Catalog Number |
2001.02.01 |
Search Terms |
Pastels (Visual works) Mountains Landscape drawings Drawings Paper |
Credit line |
Knoxville Museum of Art, purchase with funds provided by Marie Alcorn and Bob, Barbara and Steve Apking, Barbara and Bernard E. Bernstein, Lane and Charles Hays, Shannon and Bobby Denton, Susan and Lee Hyde, Penny Lynch and Kimbro Maguire, Plasti-Line Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. James R. Martin, Daniel F. McGehee in honor of Sandra Powell Emond, Alexandra Rosen, ebbie and Ron Watkins, Christine Patterson and Ed Winter |