Cascade Study #2
- Title
- Cascade Study #2
- LC Subject
- Impressionism (Art) Painting Landscape painting painting (image-making) paintings (visual works)
- Creator
- McCosh, David, 1903-1981
- Description
- An impressionistic landscape built up with blocks of color, predominantly pink and green, accented with blue and white. David McCosh; cascade study #2; state capital 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
- Location
- Oregon State Capitol >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 900 Court Street N.E., Salem Oregon
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- 1976_st-cap-bldg-wings2_21_a01
- Accession Number
- 1976_st-cap-bldg-wings2_21_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- McCosh, David, 1903-1981
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Painting
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1976-1978 Salem Oregon State Capitol Building Wings, Vol. 2 1976_st-cap-bldg-wings2
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- The Capitol "Wings" project, completed in 1977, at a cost of $12.5 million, added further space for legislative offices, hearing rooms, support services, a first floor galleria, and underground parking.
- Color Space
- RGB