Accession Number
2003/2.67

Title
Buschwood

Artist(s)
Gerome Kamrowski

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1950

Medium & Support
oil on canvas

Dimensions
36 in x 47 13/16 in (91.44 cm x 121.44 cm);37 3/4 in x 50 in (95.89 cm x 127 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Miriam Sandweiss

Subject matter
This work is representative of the abstract surrealist style that Kamrowski developed during the decade he spent in New York in the 1940s. There, he was influenced by and collaborated with artists such as Jackson Pollock, Roberto Matta, and others, developing a style of abstraction and surrealism that broke away from Parisian Surrealism dominated by Andre Breton. In Buschwood, Kamrowski's intricate lines form abstracted forms and figures. The paint is applied in multiple layers that blend to create a dream-like mystical quality. The aesthetic of painting that Kamrowski displays here is a perfect representation of the abstract surrealism that he played a crucial role in developing in the middle of the twentieth century.

Physical Description
This abstract painting consists of a dark background over-taken by swaths of blues, whites, and greys, areas of a dark purple color in the upper right corner, and one splatter of red towards the upper left. Throughout the painting, thinner outlines of white, greys and blacks form abstract shapes. 

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Surrealist
abstraction
lines (artistic concept)