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The village does not represent any actual place, or any scene from Johnson's New Jersey childhood. Instead, he interprets buildings and settings he sees during his day-time real estate job, creating, he says, "a village I would like to live in."
Artist
Edwin Johnson
(b. 1934)
Winter Village
Date1990
MediumMixed Media on Masonite
DimensionsSight: 26 1/2 × 47 1/2 in. (67.3 × 120.7 cm)
Object numberN0079.1991
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Edwin Johnson
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextJohnson's "Winter Village" captures the bustling activity of a small country hamlet. He concentrates on the everyday stories of skiers, people chopping wood, and bringing in frozen laundry. Houses and barns are rendered with clean, crisp lines. Centermost is a mill, with its frozen power-wheel and skaters on the pond.The village does not represent any actual place, or any scene from Johnson's New Jersey childhood. Instead, he interprets buildings and settings he sees during his day-time real estate job, creating, he says, "a village I would like to live in."
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