A painting of a rocky landscape with towering yellow and light brown sandstone cliffs under a partly cloudy sky. One cliff face fills the upper right quadrant of the painting, exceeding the height of the canvas. To the left is a shorter cliff with a protruding spire-like rock formation, above which a few birds soar. Sparse green shrubs line the bottom of the cliff, and the sunlit foreground ground is scattered with large, rectangular boulders.

Albert Lorey Groll

Enchanted Mesa

About 1904–1941

Oil on canvas

40” W x 57” H

About this artwork

Several labels are affixed to the back of Enchanted Mesa, including one in elegant script that states “Compliments of Albert Lorey Groll.”1 These confirm that the artist donated this artwork to Gallup’s Federal Art Center in anticipation and support of the formation of a permanent museum for the community. The artist got his start as a Western American artist in the Gallup area and visited frequently from the early 1900s through the early 1940s.

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