6 Items in this Learning Collection
Collection Object
Collection Object
Collection Object

Copyright
All Rights Reserved ()

Illuminated Landscape

Accession Number
1982/1.199

Title
Illuminated Landscape

Artist(s)
Chet Harmon La More

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1948

Medium & Support
casein on board

Dimensions
24 ⅜ in x 30 3/16 in (61.91 cm x 76.68 cm);33 in x 39 in x 2 in (83.82 cm x 99.06 cm x 5.08 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Label copy
Wisconsin-born LaMore studied in Madison at the Colt School of Art before working on Federal art projects in Baltimore and New York. By the 1940s his work had become distinctly Surrealist in character, and Illuminated Landscape exhibits many of the qualities of that movement. The nocturnal landscape contains elements that are evocative of both marine flora and fauna as well as celestial bodies. These forms, depicted in the most delicate colors—pinks, greens, and blues—are set against a modulated monochrome background. This dreamlike setting weaves imaginary shapes with those derived from natural forms to create a rich image of stars and sea plants.
LaMore joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1947, where he taught until his retirement in 1974.
Label copy from exhibition "Dreamscapes: The Surrealist Impulse," August 22 - October 25, 1998

Subject matter
Fantastical landscape populated with otherwordly flora and fauna. The image evokes a fantasy of a dream-like place wrapped in its own mystery.

Physical Description
Nocturnal scene with landscape populated by otherworldly pink, green, and blue flora and fauna resembling marine life or celestial bodies.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
landscape

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.

Keywords
Landscapes
Surrealism
Surrealist
abstraction
landscapes (environments)
modern and contemporary art
night
stars

10 Related Resources

Wade in the Water (2019)
(Part of: Sight & Sound: A New Way to Experience UMMA's 'Collection Ensemble')
European Primitivisms
(Part of 12 Learning Collections)
Surrealism
(Part of 3 Learning Collections)
Su19 Tarbet - GTBOOKS 201 : Parageographies
(Part of: 2019 Summer Study Sets)
F19 Gibelyou - ALA 350 - Predicting the Future (ENGEL ROOM)
(Part of: Resources Made by Isabel Engel)
W20 Gibelyou - ALA 350 - Predicting the Future (ENGEL ROOM)
(Part of: Resources Made by Isabel Engel)

& Author Notes

All Rights Reserved