Heceta Lighthouse, Oregon Coast

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dc.contributor.authorConstance Edith Fowler (1907-1996)
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-20T19:22:19Z
dc.date.available2022-07-20T19:22:19Z
dc.descriptionAlthough art was taught at Willamette by Marie Craig and others beginning in the 19th century, Constance Fowler was hired by President Bruce Baxter in 1935 to establish the Art Department in its modern form. She taught art at Willamette until 1947, when she resigned to teach at Albion College in Michigan. Throughout her life as an artist she was attracted to the Oregon Coast, eventually retiring in Seal Rock. This view of the Heceta Head Lighthouse in Lane County is characteristic of her early work, which often dealt with the Oregon scene in turbulent, personally expressive terms. The churning sea, surging landscape, and somber palette accented by the whitecaps and the red roof of the lighthouse are the basis
dc.description.sponsorshipGift of Connie Battaile
dc.formatJP2
dc.format.extent22" x 18"
dc.format.mediumPainting
dc.format.mediumOil on Canvas
dc.identifier.otherBAT97.01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10177/19533
dc.publisherHallie Ford Museum of Art
dc.relation.isformatofCD Location: Hatfield Library Archives and Hallie Ford Museum. TIF: CD_HFMA_TIF_2, created May 2005. Cannon Raw: CD_HFMA_CRW_1, created May 2005. JPEG: CD_HFMA_JPEG_1, created May 2005.
dc.relation.ispartofHallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem Oregon
dc.relation.ispartofNorthwest Art Collection
dc.rightsFor use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html
dc.subjectCliffs
dc.subjectLighthouses
dc.subjectOceans
dc.subjectOil paintings
dc.subjectPaintings
dc.subjectRocks
dc.subjectSeas
dc.subjectSeascapes
dc.subjectWater
dc.titleHeceta Lighthouse, Oregon Coast
dc.typeimage
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local.cultureNorth American / United States / Oregon
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