Bloodroot
Artist:
John Wilde
(American, 1919 - 2006)
Date: 1955
Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1971.2.11
DescriptionBlood root plant with white blossoms, grass and two fallen oak leaves on a mound of earth; several beetles and a ladybug climbing on the grasses; some white petals on the ground; a pale purple butterfly hovers above the plants; the whole is silhouetted against a blue sky; the technique is particular in the manner of northern Renaissance painting. Signed upper right: "J.E. 1955."
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