Preachen, William (1905-1958?)
We haven’t located any reliable information about this artist. 1 more image at FAP.
Works in the New Deal Collection at GVCA by William Preachen:
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We haven’t located any reliable information about this artist. 1 more image at FAP.
The location of this painting isn’t clear: there’s no identifiable “mid-country highway,” and a “mid-county” highway in Maryland doesn’t seem to fit the landscape. Here, we look at hilly terrain under a cloudy sky that have rendered the mountaintops very dark. A driveway in the foreground leads to a road, whose unpaved status either renders Powell’s title somewhat ironic or implies that we are looking from a newer road upon this simpler tableau. A farm and fields is visible in the midground, and another further in the distance. The colors here all are muted fall earthtones, no blazing foliage.