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Robert Gerry Hall

Antiques (Robert G. Hall & John E. Vigue)

active second half 20th century

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The painting depicts a winter scene. The horizon is in the top third of the image, with a line of dark evergreen trees below a sky of soft blues and hints of yellow. Closer to us, a flat expanse of land with several buildings on it is covered in snow. A woman and child on the right stand near a house with chickens nearby. The chickens fill the snow, and the woman is turned to the left, one arm outstretched towards them and the other holding a large bowl. The child is behind her legs, looking back at a small cat or dog that stands on the right. The woman and child are in front of a low, blue-gray stone building with a roof covered in snow. Another child looks out from inside the building. On the left, past the chickens, a wooden fence leads to a barn with two horses inside of it. In the center, two cattle stand next to a round shed or silo. Behind these buildings, leafless trees stand with snow on their branches. The color palette includes white, grey, green, and brown.
American 19th Century, New England Farm in Winter, 1850 or after, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1953.5.87

New England Farm in Winter

American 19th Century · 1850 or after · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.5.87

The painting shows a landscape including distant hills under a pale blue sky with clouds. Below the hills is a body of water with some small red rowboats on it. Closer to us, to the right of center, is an American flag on a flagpole. A child in a black suit and a woman in a red dress stand facing the flagpole, and a man stands in front of them, facing us. He is in a blue uniform with long buttons down the front and a red belt. The man is holding broken pieces of a chain in either hand and appears to be standing in a light gray puddle. All three of these people have blue-gray skin and black hair, and there is a small black-and-white dog by them near the bottom right corner. To the left of center, a man riding a horse holds up another American flag. This man is wearing a similar blue uniform and has slightly paler gray skin. He also holds another flag in his other hand, which he allows to drag on the ground, and this flag is red with a wide white stripe in the center and a blue and gold section in the top left. Behind him is another rider on horseback who is mostly in shadow, and behind that a man stands by a tree near two horses that appear to be hitched to a wagon. In the background on the left, there is a tall white monument, and on the right is an arched structure made of light brown stone with a large gray bird sitting on top of it and more horses standing below it.
American 19th Century, Allegory of Freedom, 1863 or after, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1955.11.4

Allegory of Freedom

American 19th Century · 1863 or after · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1955.11.4

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Portland Harbor, Maine

American 19th Century · 1868/1871 · oil on paperboard ·  Accession ID  1971.83.17