TitleSheepy Landscape
Artist
John Carleton Wiggins
(1848-1932)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 17 3/4 × 22 in.
Framed: 27 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 2 in.
SignedSigned at lower left: "CARLETON WIGGINS"; and on reverse: `For the National Academy/of Design'/Contribution/Picture/`Sheepy Landscape.'/Carleton Wiggins
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, December 3, 1906
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1417-P
Label TextA thickly painted sketch, Wiggins's diploma piece exhibits a typical subject for the artist. The golden brown-greenish tonality, the opaque sky, and the indication of mist along the ground are not unusual, but Wiggins's use of vigorous broken brushwork is something of a departure from his usually softer style. The isolated pairing of the dead and live tree adds to the drama of the forceful technique.
