Sunflowers

Title
Sunflowers
LC Subject
Impressionism (Art) Painting Flowers in art Sunflowers painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) oil paintings (visual works)
Creator
McCosh, David, 1903-1981
Description
An impressionistic rendering of sunflowers, built up with blocks of color, predominantly yellow, green, red, and blue, with a purple background. David McCosh; Sunplowers; mental health David McCosh was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1903. He began his teaching career at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1934, McCosh accepted a position in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Eugene Oregon, where he taught painting, drawing and lithography. He continued in this position until his retirement in 1972. He died in 1981. McCosh's early work expressed a modern interest in scenes of contemporary life for which he received acclaim in major exhibitions in New York and Chicago. In his later years, he focused on Oregon landscapes. McCosh received national recognition throughout his painting career. His one-man, juried and invitational exhibitions took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum, among other venues. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
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detail
Location
Oregon State Hospital >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
2600 Center St. N. E., Salem Oregon
Date
1975/2012
Identifier
1980_salem_st-hosp-bldg_j_06_a01
Accession Number
1980_salem_st-hosp-bldg_j_06_a01
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
McCosh, David, 1903-1981
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Painting oil on canvas
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1980 Oregon State Hospital Building J, Salem Oregon 1980_salem_st-hosp-bldg_j
Has Version
slide; color
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note
The Oregon State Hospital's "J" building is a 1883 Italianate-style building shaped like a backward J. 1st floor entry
Color Space
RGB