Night Camp

Artist Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (American, 1874 - 1952)

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions12 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches (30.8 x 36.2 cm)
Frame: 14 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (37.5 × 42.5 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.24.29

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicting a small group of figures on horseback approaching a wagon near a small creek in the left foreground. There are lines of dark hills and mountains on the horizon. The top two-thirds of the painting are dominated by a the colorful sky of a sunset, with bright oranges transitioning to blue, crossed with dark pink and orange clouds.

ProvenanceArtist; by inheritance to his wife Winifred Berninghaus, Taos, New Mexico; purchased November 29, 1953 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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