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The Hills
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About this work
Preston Dickinson painted The Hills a few years after he returned to New York from France. He admired the work of the French modernist painters, especially Paul Cézanne, who transformed his subjects into simple shapes and planes of color. Dickinson composed this landscape from triangles and curves, and even the clouds reflect the shapes of the hills and buildings. The expressive brushstrokes and vibrant color evoke an energetic, windswept day in the countryside of New York.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineThe Hills. ca. 1919. Preston Dickinson, born New York City 1889-died Irun, Spain 1930. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Flora E. H. Shawan from the Ferdinand Howald Collection. CC0.
