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The son of German immigrants, Christian Seltzer is considered to be the founder of the “Jonestown School” of chest makers. His decorative style was distinct yet variable. Many chest painters of this period used templates or repetitive designs, but his motifs rarely repeat, and he typically rendered vases and flowers freehand. The mottled background painting is a treatment suggestive of highly figured wood-graining and serves as a particularly effective ground to give emphasis to the arcaded panels surrounding the urn and stylized spiky floral motifs. The deep claret reddish-brown hue seen in the painted ornament on this chest was especially favored by the elder Seltzer.
Gary Wragg (1946 –)
Gary Wragg: pittore britannico noto per il suo stile color field e influenzato da Wu Kwong Yu, le cui opere evocano emozioni attraverso campi di colore e forme minimali. Un'eredità artistica significativa nel post-war abstraction.
Reading Public Museum (Reading, Stati Uniti d'America)
Scopri arte, scienza e civiltà al Museo Pubblico di Reading! Collezioni uniche, planetario, arboreto e eventi culturali per tutte le età. Un'esperienza indimenticabile!
Informazioni sull'opera
- Titolo: Dower chest
- Artista: Gary Wragg
- Anno: 1784
- Formato: Landscape
- Stato del copyright: Soggetti a copyright
- Dove vederlo: Reading Public Museum
- Movimento: Folk Art
- Contesto del corpus: wood-grained techniques , wealth & storage
- Tavolozza colori: Neutrals
- Parole chiave: jonestown school art , 1784 antique chest , christian seltzer
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