Gossiping on the Beach

circa 1915
Walter, Martha

Object Details

TITLE:
Gossiping on the Beach
DATE:
circa 1915
MEDIUM:
Oil on board
DIMENSIONS:
CREDIT LINE:
Museum purchase, 1955

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Description

In this painting, Martha Walter memorializes the simple pleasures of a day at the beach. The soft, hazy light dissolves forms into the sand, sea, and sky. Women and children dressed in brightly colored clothes are absorbed in private conversation, their backs to the viewer. The women and umbrellas create a colorful and rhythmic arrangement that distinguishes them from the diffused light found in the sand and sky.

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