Accession Number1985/2.89
TitleCalifornia Orange Grove
Artist(s)David CourlanderObject Creation Datecirca 1950Medium & Supportoil on canvas boardDimensions 20 in. x 23 7/8 in. ( 50.8 cm x 60.6 cm )
Credit LineGift of Harold CourlanderSubject matterIn this painting, David Courlander, a noted self-taught Primitive artist, depicts a rural outdoor scene comprised of an orange grove with houses and mountains in the distance, and two men at leisure fishing along the banks of a stream in the foreground; rendered in an unrefined color palette in mainly greens, blues, reds, and white.
Physical DescriptionPainting of landscape scene with blue sky and green field. Mountains and three houses in background in the upper-left quadrant. Grove with orange trees in center. Two men fishing along the banks of a stream in the lower right foreground.
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Keywords
California
Figures
clouds
figures (representations)
fishing
folk art (traditional art)
groves (plant communities)
houses
landscapes (environments)
modern and contemporary art
mountains
orange tree
outsider art
rock (inorganic material)
rods (object genre)
rural houses
sky
streams
suns (stars)