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West, 1965

  • Artist

    Richard Mayhew

  • Title

    West

  • Date

    1965

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    54 × 46 in. (137.2 × 116.8 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of David L. Schneider, Ph.D., New York

  • Object Number

    1986.11.2

Soft and shifting, Richard Mayhew’s paintings feel like they revive the Impressionists’ tradition of painting from life and working outside. Mayhew’s landscapes, however, are painted inside his studio and are pulled from memories. He makes no sketches, photographs, or color notes on location. For Mayhew the process of painting is more spiritual; he attempts to re-experience a landscape for the first time while painting it. West’s ambiguous title speaks to both specific landscapes of the American West and Mayhew’s own memories and imaginings of the place.


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Artworks

West, 1965

  • Artist

    Richard Mayhew

  • Title

    West

  • Date

    1965

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    54 × 46 in. (137.2 × 116.8 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of David L. Schneider, Ph.D., New York

  • Object Number

    1986.11.2

Soft and shifting, Richard Mayhew’s paintings feel like they revive the Impressionists’ tradition of painting from life and working outside. Mayhew’s landscapes, however, are painted inside his studio and are pulled from memories. He makes no sketches, photographs, or color notes on location. For Mayhew the process of painting is more spiritual; he attempts to re-experience a landscape for the first time while painting it. West’s ambiguous title speaks to both specific landscapes of the American West and Mayhew’s own memories and imaginings of the place.


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