Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Symphony No. 1 in Gold and Green (A Mexican Symphony)

Artist Henry Glintenkamp (American, 1887 - 1946)

CultureAmerican

Date1925-1926

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions31 1/2 × 41 in. (80 × 104.1 cm)

SignedRecto, lower right, paint: "Glintenkamp"

InscribedVerso: "Symphony No. 1 in Gold and Green (A Mexican Symphony), 1925-26"

Credit LineGift of Pamela Glintenkamp in memory of Rik van Glintenkamp

Object number2019.13

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 221

DescriptionMexican Symphony was created while Glintenkamp was living in Mexico. The painting shows multiple scenes on canvas. The sun illuminates its rays from the top left of the canvas, presenting local farmers working in their fields, and engaging with each other in their town, which dominates the left side of the canvas. The right side of the canvas alludes to the country’s native history, with depictions of masks and reliefs and pyramidal temples.
ProvenanceThe artist; the artist's son; private of Pamela Glintenkamp (artist's granddaughter); gift to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2019.