Earl Cunningham
(Edgecombe, Maine, 1893 - 1977, St. Augustine, Florida)
Big Tree Park
c. 1965
Oil on fiberboard
16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61.0 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of The Honorable Marilyn L. Mennello and Mr. Michael A. Mennello
1992.42
More Information
This idyllic view of humans’ relationship to the land in the past is related to the folk genre of memory painting—idealized views of bygone rural lifestyles. Perfection is here undermined by an ironic detail: the presence of the Indians who were dispossessed of this land by the white settlers.
Keywords
Folk ArtLandscapes
United States