DESERT LANDSCAPE

Artist CONRAD BUFF (1886 - 1975)

Date1960 ca.

CountryUSA

MediumOil on Canvas

DimensionsOverall: 54.3 x 81.3 cm (21 3/8 x 32")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of David G. Dixon.

Terms

Object number820028800

DescriptionDesert landscape done in strong colors of greens, oranges, deep purples, and yellows. The work is painterly with loose brushstrokes with square and rectangles of color added. On the L side is a grouping of green plants; towards the center the remains of water in a dry riverbed and in the distance there is a range of hills. Sky is light blue with streaks of a pinkish white and purplish color for clouds.

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