Old Galisteo

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

Mediumoil on canvas board

Dimensions9 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (24.4 x 25.1 cm)
Frame: 11 1/2 x 12 x 2 1/4 inches (29.2 x 30.5 x 5.7 cm)

Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Eunice R. Benckenstein, 2009

Object number2009.1.14

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionNearly square oil painting of small structures and low adobe walls in a landscape backed by blue mountains and a towering cloud formation.

Label TextThe village of Galisteo, New Mexico, is the site where Ellis found buildings he repurposed for his ranch home. He acquired an old adobe hacienda, or main dwelling from a large estate. Ellis also found abandoned ruins of a church. He preserved the adobe bricks and architectural features such as the vigas (beams). On his property he combined the structures to make the home he called La Hacienda de San Sebastian. He took the romance of the old buildings and made his ideal setting.

ProvenanceArtist; purchased December 1950 by Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted December 1950 to Eunice R. Benckenstein [1908-2008]; Estate of Eunice R. Benckenstein (Executor of Estate, Ruth Anita Cowan); bequeathed March 5, 2009 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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