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Painting
The Garden
Darrel Austin, (Raymond, WA, 1907 – 1994, New Fairfield, CT)
Austin, Darrel
United States
1907 - 1994
Male
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1941
1941
1941
2259
1900-2000, American art, animals in art, landscapes, nudes, paintings
Painting
This bizarre, spectral landscape was purchased from the Gallery’s 1945 exhibition The A B C’s of Modern Art, organized to foster a more liberal point of view amongst the Gallery’s audience. Painted in thick layers with a palette knife, Darrel Austin’s primordial visions were often peopled by predatory cats and shimmering female figures, as in The Garden. A frank reviewer in the Art Digest wrote in 1942, “It’s hard to explain Darrel Austin’s art, because he can’t explain it himself . So the most sensible approach for the viewer is just to enjoy them without thinking too logically.”
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
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