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Industrial Area

dc.contributor.authorHarry Wentz (1875-1965)
dc.contributor.authorWentz, Harry
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-20T19:22:19Z
dc.date.available2022-07-20T19:22:19Z
dc.descriptionThe philosopher of a Northwest aesthetic in art and architecture, Harry Wentz followed the advice of Arthur Wesley Dow, his teacher at the Arts Students League of New York, to paint with simplified shapes in order to fill the paper or canvas. As a result, Wentz was one of the first Oregon modernists, painting with simplified forms and highly keyed colors to depict subjects in abstract terms. Industrial Area is akin to the factory paintings of the Runquist brothers, who were Wentz's students at the Museum Art School. But Wentz's focus is primarily formal and aesthetic, while the Runquists took a socialist interest in workers and their environment.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Bill Rhoades Collection, a gift in memory of Murna and Vay Rhoades
dc.format.extent11" x 15"
dc.format.mediumPainted work on paper
dc.format.mediumWatercolor
dc.identifier.other2003.017.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10177/19653
dc.relation.ispartofHallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem Oregon
dc.relation.ispartofNorthwest Art Collection
dc.titleIndustrial Area
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iiif.canvas.namingImage
local.cultureNorth American / United States / Oregon
local.mastercopyHfmoaVolume41/Wentz_2003-017-001.jpg

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