Dower chest
The son of German immigrants, Christian Seltzer is considered to be the founder of the “Jonestown School” of chest makers. His decorative style was distinct yet variable. Many chest painters of this period used templates or repetitive designs, but his motifs rarely repeat, and he typically rendered vases and flowers freehand. The mottled background painting is a treatment suggestive of highly figured wood-graining and serves as a particularly effective ground to give emphasis to the arcaded panels surrounding the urn and stylized spiky floral motifs. The deep claret reddish-brown hue seen in the painted ornament on this chest was especially favored by the elder Seltzer.
Gary Wragg (1946 –)
Oplev den abstrakte kunst af no alternate name found (f. 1946), en britisk maler kendt for sin Color Field-stil og betydelige bidrag til efterkrigstidens abstraktion. Påvirket af Wu Kwong Yu, findes hans værker i store samlinger verden over.
Reading Public Museum (Reading, USA)
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Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Dower chest
- Kunstner: Gary Wragg
- År: 1784
- Format: Landscape
- Ophavsretlig status: Beskyttet af ophavsret
- Udstillet hos: Reading Public Museum
- Bevægelse: Folk Art
- Kontekstuelt korpus: wood-grained techniques , wealth & storage
- Farvepalette: Neutrals
- Nøgleord: jonestown school art , 1784 antique chest , christian seltzer


