MAG Collection - Spring through the Willows

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Spring through the Willows

1957
31 1/2 x 40 3/4 in. (80 x 103.5 cm)

William C. Palmer
United States (1906 - 1987)

Object Type: Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on canvas

Credit Line: Marion Stratton Gould Fund

Accession Number: 1958.17

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Location: Not currently on view

Early in his career, William Palmer was a muralist for the WPA, earning $24 a week for his hospital and post office commissions. He went on to found the School of Art at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, and became a highly regarded painter of colorful, abstract New York landscapes.

[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]

Marks

Artist's signature, lower center: William C. Palmer 1957

Provenance

Midtown Galleries, New York; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1958

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20th century

Abstract

paintings

spring

trees in art

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Summer Exhibit of Permanent Collection 6/1/1959 - 8/31/1959
Three Former Iowans Des Moines Art Center 12/7/1962 - 1/6/1963
Yesterday and Today: American Paintings of the Past Hundred Years Oswego Arts Center 6/4/1963 - 6/14/1963
Paintings by William C. Palmer Root Art Center 2/3/1964 - 3/15/1964
American Painting: the Tradition of Realism Tioga County Historical Society Museum 10/5/1964 - 10/30/2018
William Palmer: An exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum Allentown Art Museum 4/12/1965 - 4/28/1965
Man, The Incomplete God 11/19/1977 - 2/12/1978
Through the Looking Glass 12/6/1980 - 1/25/1981
It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Article Title: Recent Accessions in Sculpture and Painting. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 24, Issue Number: 3. Issue Date: February, 1959.
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
William Palmer: An Exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum February 12-28, 1965. Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, 1965.
Article Scope: Exhibition Checklist. American Painting: The Tradition of Realism. Owego, NY: Tioga County Historical Society Museum, 1964.

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It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG’s Collection

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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013