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Image of Poppies
Artist
James Henry Daugherty (Primary)
Title

Poppies

Date
circa 1916
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 20 x 16 in.
Style
Modernism
Object Type
Paintings
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Butler Miles
Accession Number
1991.11.21
Copyright
In Copyright
© Friends of James Daugherty Foundation
ON VIEW
Description

Expressive still life, orange poppie blossoms against a green ground.

Label History

Born in Asheville, Daugherty spent his early childhood in Indiana, Ohio, and Washington, DC. He was a painter, illustrator, and muralist who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Corcoran School of Arts and Design, and in Europe. Involved with the American Modernism movement from its early days at the turn of the 20th century, Daugherty moved seamlessly between realism and abstraction over the course of his career. The brightly colored Poppies is a striking still life painting, combining recognizable flowers with more abstracted forms.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Cindy Buckner

Keywords
botanical illustrations , still lifes

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