Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Zuni Pottery Maker
Image View:
Detail of the pueblo, from the first level roof
Creator:
William Robinson Leigh (American painter, 1866-1955)
Location:
repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.188P
Location Note:
5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
GPS:
44.565-69.660833
Date:
1907 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
63.5 cm (height) x 76.84 cm (width)
Subjects:
architecture; decorative arts; genre; landscape; Native North Americans; pueblo; Zuni; pottery; potters; adobe
Description:
An American artist who specialized in Western scenes. In 1906, Leigh traveled to the American West while maintaining a studio in New York City. He is known for painting the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park, but his primary interest were the Hopi and Navajo Indians. His adventures were chronicled in a number of popular magazines including Life, the Saturday Evening Post, and Colliers. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-LEIGHW-CA-ZP-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Zuni Pottery Maker