"Apple Orchard City"

Date1987

Artist Mattie Lou O'Kelley (1908-1997)

MediumPaint, either oil or acrylic on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 24" x 36" Framed: 31" x 39 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.

Object number2001.101.6

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of a city and country scene. In the foreground a farmstead is depicted with people working around the buildings. Behind the farm, three moving wagons are seen climbing a hill towards the city shown in the upper right of the painting. Behind the farmstead, an apple orchard is spread across the right middle of the canvas, nestled beneath three towering mountains, covered in neatly spaced trees. In the lower right corner a steam train winds its way out of a tunnel in the city and runs down towards the front of the painting.
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987" Written in black paint across the lower center edge is the following: "APPLE ORCHARD CITY".
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.