American Holiday
- Title
- American Holiday
- LC Subject
- Painting Boats and boating painting (image-making) oil paintings (visual works)
- Creator
- Sandgren, Nelson, 1917-2006
- Description
- A painting of a man wading in water with a red, white, and blue boat tucked beneath his arm contained within the upper portion of the picture plane. Indications of moving water make up the rest of the picture plane. Artist: Nelson Sandgren, Title: American Holiday, Med: Oil on Masonite, Size: 43 x 63 inches framed Nelson Sandgren (1918-2006) was born in Manitoba, Canada. Sandgren moved to Portland with his parents during the Great Depression, and taught art/painting at Oregon State College for thirty-nine years. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org
- Location
- Springfield >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- Harlow Road, Springfield Oregon
- Award Date
- 1982
- Identifier
- 1985_springfield_gtwy-ofc-bldg_13_a01
- Accession Number
- 1985_springfield_gtwy-ofc-bldg_13_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Sandgren, Nelson, 1917-2006
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 32 x 62 inches
- Material
- Painting oil on masonite
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1985 Gateway Office Building, Springfield, Oregon 1985_springfield_gtwy-ofc-bldg
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- I attempted to do a kind of patriotic piece, using basically the colors from the American flag. The painting expresses a relaxed time spent in a boat, just floating along summer waters, free from care, work and tension. (Sandgrin, 1985)
