Puerto Rican Landscape
Artist
Samuel Sánchez Herrera
(Puerto Rican, 1929-2014)
Date1964
Object number92.1876
Mediumoil on Masonite
Dimensions24 1/8 × 28 1/16 in. (61.2 × 71.2 cm)
frame: 29 7/8 × 33 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (75.9 × 85.4 × 9.2 cm)
frame: 29 7/8 × 33 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (75.9 × 85.4 × 9.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
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DescriptionThis painting shows a typical landscape by the artist. Bright colors, a high skyline, and tiny houses that emphasize the monumentality of the land were common in Sánchez Herrera’s depictions of Puerto Rico’s natural scenery throughout his career. Several of his landscape paintings reveal a predilection for mountainous terrain, which nearly covers the entire pictorial surface. Although the landscape's location in this painting is uncertain, its resemblance to images or photographs of Corozal’s mountains is undeniable.
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