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Note: title was given by General Services Administration for the purposes of labeling; Noble's orignal title is unknownWe see a house beside a calm body of water, bordered by trees and shoreline. Noble emphasizes tranquility and stability by placing…

Three men are working in the yard of a cement and tar factory, located alongside a river; they lean into their work of moving large drums. There are small smokestacks on the building and tugs hauling barges in the background. Wilson uses asymmetrical…

It is an early spring day in Central Park—apparently near the Gapstow Bridge at the northeast end of the pond (follow this link to see a contemporary photo from an approximate location). Nelson’s post-impressionist design has a range of warm earth…

Old Glass Factory depicts a rural landscape featuring a small unconventional factory settled within a deep valley. In the foreground, a dirt path curves from the lower left corner of the piece, drawing the viewer's eye into the midground and focus of…

Summer Breeze depicts a rural landscape arranged across a shallow but continuous picture plane. In the foreground, a pale dirt path curves from the lower right corner toward the center of the composition, cutting through an open field of grass. The…

At the threshold between rooms, receding to a corner, we see flowers, a curtain, and a cigarette burning on an ash tray. Some objects appear to be there simply for their decorative patterns. Rites uses non-naturalistic colors like bright reds and…

Cecil Chichester’s Spring Landscape is an oil painting depicting birch trees set against rolling blue hills. There are no people or animals present in the image, making it entirely focused on nature. The lighting is soft, with the sun shining through…

“City Landscape” uses a beautiful palette of earth tones set against concrete infrastructure, especially an overpass that curves across the sky. Beneath that new automotive world, a jumbled cluster of buildings appears at left. It's difficult to tell…