Object Record
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Artist |
Ewing, C. Kermit "Buck" |
Title |
George's--Rich's from Broadway |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Date |
1955 |
Description |
C. Kermit "Buck" Ewing (Bentleyville, Pennsylvania 1910-1976 Bali, Indonesia) George's--Rich's from Broadway, 1955 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 1986 gift of the Knoxville Arts Center Buck Ewing is noteworthy as founder of the avant garde art group the Knoxville 7 and the University of Tennessee's School of Art. He specialized in abstracted figure studies, landscapes, and urban scenes. Here he depicts a local landmark--Rich's department store (now UT's Conference Center) on Henley Street in downtown Knoxville--and presents it as an intricate, fragmented study of intersecting rectangles in a manner reminiscent of Picasso's analytic cubism. Rich's sponsored some of the Knoxville 7's events, provided space for displays of the group's work, and employed Mary Ewing, the artist's wife, as a buyer. |
Catalog Number |
1986.08.02 |
Search Terms |
Paintings Canvas Oil paintings Dulin Gallery of Art Knoxville Seven Cityscape paintings Cityscapes |
Credit line |
Gift of the Knoxville Arts Center |