Lowery Day, Normandy
Artist
George Elmer Browne
(American, 1871-1946)
CultureAmerican
Date1913
MediumWatercolor
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (52.1 x 62.2 cm)
InscribedSigned.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2534
Not on view
DescriptionA cloudy landscape. Tall trees on each side of a dirt road. White houses in the background.Label TextGeorge Elmer Browne American, 1871–1946 Lowery Day, Normandy, 1913 Watercolor on paper George Elmer Browne’s blustery depiction of a rural road in France demonstrates a number of interesting watercolor techniques. The sky shows evidence of blotting, in which a cloth or sponge soaks the wet color from the paper, softening its appearance. At the left, Browne has used a tool to rub or scrape away the paint, revealing dashes of white paper beneath and accentuating the mottled effect of light through the trees. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2534 Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia Watercolor Club, 11th Annual Philadelphia Watercolor and Miniature Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, November 9—December 14, 1913 (No. 1090) Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society, National Arts Club, New York, February 4—25, 1915 (No. 29) "Watercolor: An American Medium," Photography Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, February 21 - June 23, 2019.
