Oregon Percent for Art

Vanishing View

Title
Vanishing View
LC Subject
Painting Painting, Abstract Landscape painting Beaches paintings (visual works) painting (image-making) oil paintings (visual works)
Creator
Gittelsohn, Shirley Georges
Description
A beach scene rendered mostly in blue monochrome, save for a strip of light brown sand. Shirley Gittelsohn; Vanishing View; Revenue 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
Location
Oregon Department of Revenue >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
955 Center St. N. E., Salem Oregon
Award Date
1981
Identifier
1986_salem_rev-bldg-vol-I_05_a01
Item Locator
GIT: 81-1
Accession Number
1986_salem_rev-bldg-vol-I_05_a01
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Gittelsohn, Shirley Georges
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Measurements
22 x 60 inches
Material
Painting oil on paper
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1986 Salem Revenue Building, Salem Oregon (Vol. I) 1986_salem_rev-bldg-vol-I
Has Version
slide; color
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note
fourth floor, right corridor
Color Space
RGB
Biographical Information
Last November I learned that our view to the south of our Cannon Beach home was going to be blocked by new buildings. In order to remember this view I began to paint it from the front, south window. About February, I ran out of the paper I had been using, so I sent away for more, only to receive a size smaller. Thus began the series of two pieces, side by side. As I worked more and more I began to get more and more frantic doing as many as six paintings per day. The numbers in the titles indicate the date and the number completed that day. These are paintings, but they are not mean to be in-depth studies of a single scene. Instead, taken as a whole, they become an in-depth study of colors, tide, weather, and all that goes into my vanishing view. Each painting is oil on either Utrecht 14C lb., water color paper, heavy weight; or strathmore two ply drawing bristol board , 100% cotton fibre, medium surface. (Shirley Gittelsohn, Reed College Aug 10, 1981)