landscape scene; large body of water in center, with shoreline at bottom edge; group of trees on right; horizon line in top edge of image, with a gradated sky in the background

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Windblown Trees, c. 1916-18

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Gift of Marla J. Kinneyexpand_more  2019.39.3

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Margaret Patterson’s early exposure to art was a correspondence course, an atypical way for an artist to pursue her training. Such individualism characterized the Arts and Crafts mindset, as did other aspects of Patterson’s life. Patterson did regional scenes, like this view of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her subjects centered on nature, which founders of the Arts and Crafts movement believed to be uplifting. She personally made every print, as her slightly varied impressions of the same subject attest. She also tried to make art accessible to ordinary people: in 1922, a Boston bookstore sold her color woodcuts for $18 each, or about $270 today.

Details
Title
Windblown Trees
Artist Life
American (born Java), 1867–1950
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2019.39.3
Provenance
Sale, Christie’s, New York. Sale, Nye & Company, Bloomfield, N.J., September 9, 2018, Lot 32, sold to Kinney; Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis (2018-19)
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landscape scene; large body of water in center, with shoreline at bottom edge; group of trees on right; horizon line in top edge of image, with a gradated sky in the background

Copyright of the artist, artist's estate, or assignees