Moonlight in the Hills

Artist Julian Onderdonk (American, 1882 - 1922)

Date1910

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions20 × 30 inches (50.8 × 76.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.19.8

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicting a night scene. Low hills rise against a dark blue sky.

Label TextBorn in San Antonio, Texas, Julian Onderdonk showed an early talent for art. He learned the fundamentals under his father Robert Jenkins Onderdonk. Desiring more training, he went to New York and studied under the influential American painter William Merritt Chase. He returned to his home state and transformed Texas landscape painting.

ProvenancePurchased April 16, 1943 through (Joseph Sartor, Dallas, Texas) 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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