Children Dancing in a Clearing

Item

Title

Children Dancing in a Clearing

Description

This piece shows four children holding hands and skipping around in a circle. A fifth child runs toward the viewer on the left hand side of the piece. The whole scene is set in a grass clearing with distant thick brush or forest.

Creator

Bertha May Ingle

Date

c. 1940: This piece is painted on masonite which wasn't available until 1935 so it had to have been painted later than that.

Format

Oil on masonite

Identifier

0755

Source

BMIAA assets

Type

Genre

Original Format

Painting

Physical Dimensions

10 x 15 inches