Painting of the Day, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 9:17PM Tweet By Donna Poulton
By the time Maynard Dixon painted On Coming Storm in 1941, he was dividing his time between his homes in Tucson, Arizona and Mt. Carmel, Utah. His work became increasingly minimal reflecting his interest and search for inherently geometric forms in the western landscape. His Modernist brush flattened the details while his traditional eye absorbed all of the pictorial elements.
Maynard Dixon, (1875-1946), On Coming Storm, 1941 [Arizona], oil on canvas, 36 x 40 inches
My object has always been to get as close to the real thing as possible - people animals and country. The melodramatic Wild West idea is not for me the big possibility. The more lasting qualities are in the quiet and more broadly human aspects of Western life. -- Maynard Dixon
Maynard Dixon, On Coming Storm, Santa Fe Art Auction | in Maynard Dixon