{"id":4465,"date":"2017-03-23T07:04:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2017-03-23T07:04:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:04:45","slug":"death-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=4465","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We started the week with landscapes in the State of Washington. From there we went South to the Columbia River, then further East to Harney County. Now it’s straight South, all the way to a place where rain is rarely seen – what a concept.\u00a0California\u00a0is our destination, and leave it to the internet to cough up information on some obscure painters that were in love with Western National Parks, Death Valley – my choice today – \u00a0included. One was a Swede, the other of Swedish descent, both quite adept watercolorists, both drawn to the dry sunny places that mediate the intensity of depression. (Well, the latter is speculation, no clue if they were depressed, but I surely could use some sun to counteract the dark clouds.)<\/p>\n

The links below refer to Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934) whose post-humous exhibits found high acclaim. A realist painter, he spent his life alone, in relative poverty, pursuing nature. I actually think he was a terrific painter and am surprised I had never heard of him before.<\/p>\n

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GUNNAR WIDFORSS\u2014PAINTER OF THE NATIONAL PARKS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n