Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Over It Sailing Shadows..., #4 in 'The Two Villages' series |
Catalog Number |
1939.700 |
Creator |
Sawyier, Paul, 1865-1917 |
Maker |
Frankfort |
Date |
ca. 1895 |
Material(s) |
Paint/Paper |
Dimensions |
H-8.188 W-13.5 inches |
Description |
This painting is #4 in the 'Two Villages Series.' The painting depicts a landscape featuring a house in the center with a tree to the right. The cemetery is depicted in the background behind the house. Birds are depicted in the sky. The painting is adhered to a larger sheet that has a line from the poem inscribed near the bottom. There is an unfinished painting on the back of the painting. |
Notes |
This building is thought to be the home of the Frankfort Cemetery caretaker located in the same spot where the chapel now stands. Fourth in a series of paintings by Sawyier illustrating Rose Terry Cooke's 1860 poem 'The Two Villages,' which contrasts life in a small town with the local cemetery on the hill. Sawyier used scenes from Frankfort and the Frankfort Cemetery. Sawyier did three sets of paintings based on the poem. The first set had agricultural images from a man ploughing to a grim reaper in a field. A common question in regards to this series of paintings is how did Sawyier become familiar with a poem written by a woman in New England? It turns out that the poem "The Two Villages" was published in a supplement to the Frankfort Roundabout on February 16, 1895. A note under the title saying "applicable to Frankfort and her cemetery" was added by the editors. Is this how Sawyier first heard of the poem? Maybe. We may never know exactly how he came to know about the poem but it is very possible that he read it in 1895 and then painted the illustrations later in the decade. |
Collection |
Estate of Anne Thomas Collection |
People |
Sawyier, Paul, 1865-1917 Cooke, Rose Terry |
Subjects |
Cemeteries Landscapes Art Painting Paintings Poems Poetry |
Search Terms |
Land Landscapes Impressionism Impressionism (Art) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |