California Orange Grove / David Courlander
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.89
- Title
- California Orange Grove
- Artist
- David Courlander
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1866-1961
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas board
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harold Courlander
- Style/Group/Movement
- Primitive Art
- Inscription
- Signed l.r. corner with ink: DAVID COURLANDER
- Dimensions
- 50.8 cm x 60.6 cm (20 in. x 23 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Painting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.
- Subject Matter
- In this painting, David Courlander, a noted self-taught Primitive artist, depicts a rural outdoor scene comprised of an orange grove with houses and mountains in the distance, and two men at leisure fishing along the banks of a stream in the foreground; rendered in an unrefined color palette in mainly greens, blues, reds, and white.
- Primary Keywords
- california
- california (state)
- clouds
- figures
- figures (representations)
- fishing
- fishing pole
- folk art
- groves
- houses
- landscapes (environments)
- mountains
- orange tree
- orange trees
- oranges
- outsider art
- rock
- rocks
- rod
- rural houses
- sky
- streams
- sun
- Secondary Keywords
- settlement area
- upward
- americas
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- equipment
- equipment by context
- fishing and trapping tools and equipment
- food
- fruit
- geographic and political locations
- geography
- houses by location
- houses by location or context
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- locality
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- modern and contemporary art
- natural landscapes
- north & central america
- north and central america (continent)
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by location
- physical activities by specific context
- physical sciences concepts
- plant communities
- plants
- residential structures
- riverine bodies
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- united states
- united states (nation)
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- water activities
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woods
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2300 x 1908
- File Size
- 584 KB
- Record
- 1985/2.89
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.89/1985_2.89.jpg
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"California Orange Grove; David Courlander." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.89/1985_2.89.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
