Rosella Hartman (1894-1984)
Florida Palm Tree
American: c. 1930s
Pastel, pen and ink, and colored pencil on paper
Signed lower right in pen and also in pencil
19.75 x 12.75 inches
Provenance: Acquired by the previous owner in Woodstock, New York from Rosella Hartman
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Florida Palm Tree
Original Illustration
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Atmospheric landscape of a palm tree surrounded by foliage, against a sky filled with white clouds. The fleeting effects of light and feathery textures of the palm fronds are deftly rendered in a linear style. Hartman likely executed this work while visiting friends in Palm Beach or the Florida Keys, where a number of her fellow Woodstock artists spent the winter.
Rosella Hartman was born in Kansas City, but spent her adult life in the art colony of Woodstock, New York, producing drawings and paintings in drypoint, ink, watercolor, oils and pastels, as well as lithographs, especially wildlife landscapes inspired by Woodstock 's natural setting. A writer for The New Yorker magazine observed that her depictions of animals were "animated by a gentle mysticism." Hartman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Arts Student League in New York. A Guggenheim Award in 1934 allowed her to work in Germany and France. In 1938 she returned to Europe and worked with the printer Desjobert in Paris. Hartman's work was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, Whitney Museum and many other museums and galleries throughout New York State and the Midwest. Her work is in numerous public and private collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Baltimore Museum of Art and Art Museum of St. Louis. Hartman was married to the sculptor Paul Fiene.
References:
Falk, Peter Hastings, ed. Who Was Who in American Art. Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1985. p. 266.
Hartman, Amy. "Rosella Hartman." AskArt.com. http://www.askart.com. (14 January 2004).