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 –)
Descoperă arta abstractă a lui no alternate name found (n. 1946), pictor britanic cunoscut pentru stilul Color Field și contribuțiile sale la abstractizarea postbelică. Influențat de Wu Kwong Yu, operele sale sunt în colecții mondiale.
Reading Public Museum (Reading, Statele Unite ale Americii)
Explorează arta, știința și civilizația la Reading Public Museum! Descoperă capodopere americane, artefacte antice și un arboret uimitor. O destinație culturală unică pentru toate vârstele.
Despre această operă
- Titlu: Dower chest
- Artist: Gary Wragg
- An: 1784
- Format: Landscape
- Statut drepturi de autor: Protejat prin drepturi de autor
- Locul în care poate fi văzută: Reading Public Museum
- Mișcare: Folk Art
- Contextul corpusului: wood-grained techniques , wealth & storage
- Paleta de culori: Neutrals
- Cuvinte cheie: jonestown school art , 1784 antique chest , christian seltzer


