In Redwood Trees, Elbridge Ayer Burbank accomplishes a miniature painting (the size of a postcard) of a monumental subject, achieving a sense of scale and grandeur through a tiny, brightly clad figure and dramatic lighting.

About 1910–1942
Oil on canvas board
4” W x 6” H
In Redwood Trees, Elbridge Ayer Burbank accomplishes a miniature painting (the size of a postcard) of a monumental subject, achieving a sense of scale and grandeur through a tiny, brightly clad figure and dramatic lighting.
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Gallup’s New Deal art collection consists of over 120 objects created, purchased, or donated from 1933 to 1942 through New Deal federal art programs administered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support artists during the Great Depression.
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Gallup’s New Deal art collection includes works by a demographically, professionally, and stylistically diverse group of named and unnamed artists.
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