Neat, tended garden rows stretch away from us toward a band of trees in this horizontal landscape painting. Low plants grow across the middle of the scene, and higher plants are staked on poles to the right. A fence runs alongside the garden to the left, and a few structures are tucked among the trees’ bushy canopies. Two white chimneys are outlined against the watery blue sky on the far side of the tree line. The plants are painted with visible dabs of copper brown and ivory white, and the dark trees are highlighted with more white glints. The entire scene is backlit and shadowy, though,…
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The Artist's Garden

Ralph Albert Blakelock (American, 1847 - 1919)

c. 1879/1889

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 61 cm (16 x 24 in.) ; framed: 68.3 x 88.6 x 9.5 cm (26 7/8 x 34 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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