Landscape attributed to Hudson River school of painting. There are trees in the foreground, a large mountain in the background, a river splits the canvas in half, and there is a person in the foreground. Settlements and boats are small but visible.
Date
Unknown
Subject
Oil on canvas
Format
40 in by 27 in
Identifier
Knox College Special Collections and Archives K-380-1a
Bibliographic Citation
Unknown, Hudson River Landscape, oil on canvas, 40 in. x 27 in., Knox College Special Collections and Archives.
Clare Smith was a printmaker who lived and worked in Galesburg, IL. After raising a family, she decided to go back to school and enrolled at Knox College, earning degrees in Art and French. After graduating she worked at the famous printshop Atelier 17 in Paris. It was there that she learned the technique of viscosity printing, which is utilized in this print. This particular print uses Native American imagery and was inspired by Longfellow's, <em>Song of Hiawatha</em>.
Date
1980
Subject
Color intaglio
Format
14"x17"
Identifier
Galesburg Civic Arts Center
Bibliographic Citation
Smith, Clare. "Indian Symbols Plate IV Feather Series RYB,".
George Rickey was the Artist in Residence at Knox College from 1940-1941. It was then that he completed this painting as a study for the mural <em>The Offer of Education</em>. Though Rickey was considered American he lived in and was educated in Europe. Due to this, the Midwestern landscape appears idealized in his painting. Though Rickey focused on painting at the beginning of his career, he later earned fame for his kinetic sculptures.
Date
1941
Subject
Oil paint on Masonite
Format
15.5"x11.5"
Identifier
Galesburg Civic Arts Center
Bibliographic Citation
Rickey, George. "Landscape East of Galesburg ".
West’s painting depicts the seventeen rustic structures of the settlement, which housed about 175 people and included a church and school. Her painting contains topographic inaccuracies and certain buildings are more intricately depicted than others, reflecting her amateur skills as a folk painter.
Date
c. 1837
Subject
Oil on Canvas
Identifier
Knox College Art Collection
Bibliographic Citation
Rooks West, Amy. "Log City ", c.
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]]>https://knoxart.omeka.net/items/show/12Memphis and the James Howard. Currier & Ives prints often depicted steamboats and popular events, which this race certainly was. This print would have been widely distributed just after the race.]]>2018-04-26T14:36:14-04:00
Dublin Core
Title
Midnight Race on the Mississippi
Creator
Currier & Ives
Description
Midnight Race on the Mississippi hows two racing steamboats, the Memphis and the James Howard. Currier & Ives prints often depicted steamboats and popular events, which this race certainly was. This print would have been widely distributed just after the race.
Date
1875
Subject
chromolithograph
Format
13 ¼ x 9 in on 17 ¾ x 13 ½ in
Identifier
Knox College Special Collections and Archives. Preston Player Collection. Accession # 33-1-24
Bibliographic Citation
Currier & Ives, Midnight Race on the Mississippi, 1875. Colored lithograph, 13 ¼ x 9 in. Galesburg, IL: Knox College Special Collections.
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Dark greenery forms a picturesque frame around the landscape, which contains a view of a steamboat on the Mississippi River. On the opposite bank is the city of Nauvoo, an historic curiosity in Illinois, which was established in 1839 by Mormon settlers led by their prophet, Joseph Smith.
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Dublin Core
Title
Nauvoo on the Mississippi
Creator
Unknown Artist
Description
Dark greenery forms a picturesque frame around the landscape, which contains a view of a steamboat on the Mississippi River. On the opposite bank is the city of Nauvoo, an historic curiosity in Illinois, which was established in 1839 by Mormon settlers led by their prophet, Joseph Smith.
Date
undated
Subject
oil on wood
Identifier
Knox College Art Collection
Bibliographic Citation
Artist, Unknown. "Nauvoo on the Mississippi,", undated.
Rights
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