Seaside
| Artist | Loren MacIver (American, 1909–1998) |
|---|---|
| Title | Seaside |
| Date | Ca. 1938 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Framed: 34 3/4 x 40 3/4 in. (88.3 x 103.5 cm) Stretcher: 30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Allocated by the U.S. Government, Commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 43.17 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
A variety of schematically drawn beach houses, boats, and other symbols relating to the beach against a blue-gray background. The abstract objects are in a variety of colors, with pops of color that stand against the dark streaky background.
Loren MacIver received her only formal artistic training as a child at the Art Students League in New York City. She found employment with the Federal Art Project during the Depression, and was featured in the prestigious Fourteen Americans exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1946. Many of her paintings were inspired by the seaside, as she spent many of her summers at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In an abstracted, almost hieroglyphic manner, Seaside depicts the symbols of summer, such as beach houses and boats against a background of watery blue.
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"Seaside | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=43.17