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Southern Spring

1938

Hobson Pittman

(American, 1899–1972)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 80 x 117 cm (31 1/2 x 46 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1943.63
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Hobson Pittman was close friends with birth control advocate Margaret Sanger.

Description

The artist recalled that this painting's inception came from a trip heading south to the town where he grew up in North Carolina: "I remember so well as I went down on the train, drinking in every bit of the landscape from the windows, noticing the flowering trees becoming fuller and fuller as I got nearer to my home. The yellow and reddish browns in the earth against the many tones and shades of greens and the blooming trees made me want to stop, then and there, and start painting. But that was not possible until my return. So from memory and imagination, the painting was done."

Southern Spring

1938

Hobson Pittman

(American, 1899–1972)
America

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