The Famous Picnic at Val Kill / Ann Murfee Allen
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.178
- Title
- The Famous Picnic at Val Kill
- Artist
- Ann Murfee Allen
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1923 - 1995
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1975
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Virginia (state)
- Richmond
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Virginia (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Richmond
- Style/Group/Movement
- Primitive Art
- Inscription
- ON RECTO. Signed and dated in paint, lower right: c Ann Murfee Allen 1975
- Dimensions
- 124.46 cm x 93.98 cm (49 in. x 37 in.)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- historical
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Primitive painting depicting three sailboats in the foreground, and figures sitting around tables and standing on a lawn in the middle ground, with two houses in the background.
- Subject Matter
- The Famous Picnic at Val Kil documents the racially integrated picnic at which President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, entertained the King and Queen of England at their estate in Hyde Park, New York on a Sunday afternoon on June 11, 1939. Many believed the Roosevelt administration introduced equal opportunities for minorities, and for many the picnic at Val Kil symbolizes the beginning of equal rights. As an African American woman living during the Roosevelt presidency, Anne Murfee Allen undoubtedly found particular significance in the event at Val Kil.
- Primary Keywords
- american
- chairs
- figures
- figures (representations)
- flags
- folk art
- food
- house
- houses
- outsider art
- picnic tables
- sailboats
- sailing vessels
- seated
- tables
- trees
- water
- Secondary Keywords
- american regions
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- dwellings
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- how we live
- identifying artifacts
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by function
- information forms
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- north american
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- plants
- political and social issues
- residential structures
- sailing vessels by size
- seating furniture
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- single seating furniture
- standing
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- support furniture
- tables (support furniture)
- tables by function
- the americas
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by method of propulsion
- watercraft by specific type
- waterscapes
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1882 x 2514
- File Size
- 629 KB
- Record
- 2002/1.178
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.178/2002_1.178.jpg
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"The Famous Picnic at Val Kill; Ann Murfee Allen." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.178/2002_1.178.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
