"Hospital"

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 number2001.101.10

DescriptionBrightly colored painting of a large pink and green building in the upper left with the word HOSPITAL lettered across the front of the building. In front of the hospital is a curved driveway, and in front an oval-shaped park with a road running across the front of the painting. Another park is shown beyond the curved drive and to the right of the hospital. Behind this small park on the right is an insurance building. Between the hospital and the insurance building is a glimpse of the surrounding countryside. The parks and pathways are filled with people and animals, walking along the paths, and sitting on the benches. A horse-drawn wagon is racing towards the hospital on the right side of the painting, while one of the two drivers is lashing his whip across the backs the horses.
MarkingsLower right corner: "M.L.O'KELLEY/1987" Written in black paint across the lower center edge is the following: "HOSPITAL"
ProvenanceDonor: Dr. and Mrs. T. Marshall Hahn, Jr.