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Object Details
- Artist
- Torvald Arnst Hoyer, born Copenhagen, Denmark 1872-died Chicago, IL 1949
- Luce Center Label
- Torvald Hoyer created many images based on his travels, often painting them from memory many years later. In this painting the tiny dabs of paint create a soft, hazy image, evoking the effect of snow on the landscape. This scene was probably inspired by a childhood memory, and the small figure pulling a sled may be the artist himself, looking for adventure in the unexpected spring snow.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration
- 1937
- Object number
- 1979.10.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Folk Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 29 7/8 x 24 in. (76.0 x 61.0 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 22A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group
- Landscape\season\spring
- Landscape\weather\snow
- Recreation\sport and play\sledding
- New Deal\Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project\Illinois
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
- Record ID
- saam_1979.10.4
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c666ff1a-17a4-47b4-995f-7a126728e9d7
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