Caprice I

ClassificationsPaintings-watercolors

Artist Robert E. Wood (American, 1926 - 1999)

Date1963

Place DepictedCalifornia, United States, North America

Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsApproximately: 22 × 29 7/8 in. (55.9 × 75.9 cm)
Framed: 33 1/8 × 40 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (84.1 × 102.9 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineAnn and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection

Object number2018.6.45

DescriptionRobert E. Wood’s mature paintings reveal a strong tendency to abstraction by breaking conventional images and re-arranging them to create a more personal statement. Being younger than other prominent California Scene artists, he was more tempered by Cubism, Surrealism and other Modern movements of the 20th century. Here, one can recognize dozens of images, mostly of the coast along Corona del Mar, that have been subjectively broken and placed in a configuration to reflect Wood’s outlook. Even the title, Caprice, reflects the disharmony of the subject matter, as it is defined as an inexplicable and sudden change in mood.

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