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Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
In the Hills
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

In the Hills

Artist Leon Kroll (American, 1884-1974)
Date1920-21
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 51 3/8 x 74 5/8 in. (130.5 x 189.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 56 x 78 1/2 in. (142.2 x 199.4 cm)
ClassificationsModern art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.668
Terms
  • Children
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Red
On View
On view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of two young women walking. The older one holds in her right hand a wide-brimmed hat with a red flower, which is shown in the lower left corner. Her arm is around the younger girl, who is in a white polka-dot dress with red buttons and has a red purse hanging from her forearm. Behind them are several apple trees; seated under the trees and behind the girls is a couple. The man is in a green shirt and brown pants and the woman in a red dress, and they are talking. This location is identified as Woodstock, New York. In the distance, Cooper Lake and the Catskill Mountains are visible.

Label TextLeon Kroll American, 1884–1974 In the Hills, 1920–21 Oil on canvas Beyond a thicket of apple trees, the Catskill Mountains provide a color-saturated backdrop to this portrait of two young women. The solidity of these figures indicates Leon Kroll’s training in the traditional art academies of New York and Paris, but the landscape, painted in short choppy brushstrokes, reveals his admiration for French Impressionism and the work of Paul Cezanne. Both of these girls are children of artists who joined Kroll for summer retreats in Woodstock, New York—the younger is Anne, daughter of George Bellows, whose works hang to the right. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.668
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