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The Red Rock

Artist Fremont F. Ellis (American, 1897 - 1985)

Datec. 1957

Mediumoil on canvas board

Dimensions25 × 30 1/8 inches (63.5 × 76.5 cm)
Frame: 30 3/16 × 35 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (76.7 × 90.8 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1973

Object number31.20.13

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextEllis settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and became one of the members of Los Cincos Pintores. For inspiration for his landscape images, he traveled to other sites in the West such as Navajo country. He became known as an “impressionist” because he painted with a concern for light and he richly applied paint.

ProvenanceArtist; purchased April 25, 1957 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; ½ interest bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation [1]; remaining ½ interest gifted June 15, 1973 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation by Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Owned jointly by H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nelda C. Stark until his death at which point his ½ interest was bequeathed to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.

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