Arthur F. Mathews, Spring Dance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Carlson · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Arthur F. Mathews

Spring Dance

ca. 1917

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
131.7 × 121 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-140324

Arthur Mathews led a group of progressive Californians who believed that fine art and design served the public good. After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, he and his wife, Lucia, also a designer, led the effort to rebuild the city's fine public spaces. The pastoral scene in Spring Dance resembles civic-minded murals created for museums, libraries, and concert halls at the turn of the twenti…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Carlson

Registry history

  • ca. 1917 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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