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Claremont Afternoon, 1937
Milford Zornes (American, 1908 - 2008); Claremont, California
Water…
Claremont Afternoon
Claremont Afternoon, 1937
Milford Zornes (American, 1908 - 2008); Claremont, California
Water…
Claremont Afternoon, 1937 Milford Zornes (American, 1908 - 2008); Claremont, California Watercolor on paper; 21 3/8 × 28 1/4 in. 2018.6.46 Ann and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection

Claremont Afternoon

ClassificationsPaintings-watercolors
Artist Milford Zornes (American, 1908 - 2008)
Date1937
Made AtClaremont, California, United States, North America
Place DepictedClaremont, California, United States, North America
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsApproximately: 21 3/8 × 28 1/4 in. (54.3 × 71.8 cm)
Framed: 32 5/8 × 39 5/8 × 1 in. (82.9 × 100.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineAnn and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection
Object number2018.6.46
DescriptionLike many of the California Scene Painters, Milford Zornes was a part of the California Water Color Society, a tight-knit group of many of the most famous Californian watercolorists. In 1934, Zornes began painting for the P.W.P.A. program instituted by the federal government. He unexpectedly found himself garner an impressive amount of national attention after the Roosevelts chose to hang one of his paintings in the White House. In the few years following 1934 Zornes took as many commissions from the W.P.A. as possible. This painting made near his Claremont home was likely created outside of any nationally sponsored programs. These hills he had grown up near were a constant that he returned to again and again throughout his career. Zornes would later exercise greater control in his brush work, but in this earlier painting probably used the wet on wet technique to bleed colors into wet paper. More precise lines were painted once the paper had dried.
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