Artist Paul A. Seifert (1840 - 1921)

Residence of Mr. E. R. Jones

Date1881

DimensionsFramed: 25 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (64.8 × 80 × 5.7 cm) Sight: 21 5/8 × 27 in. (54.9 × 68.6 cm)

Object numberN0222.1961

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextSeifert was a German-born artist who emigrated to Gotham, Wisconsin, in 1867 and earned a living raising fruits, vegetables, and flowers. In the late 1870s he began to supplement his income by painting scenes of neighboring farms and homes in a precise, meticulous style. In many cases, Seifert helped plan tree plantings and gardens for the farms he painted. Edward R. Jones was one of many southwestern Wisconsin farmers who, by the 1880s, had cleared their land and erected permanent buildings and were eager for images reflecting their accomplishments.
Exhibition History“Five Star Folk Art,” Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, September 13, 1990 – November 15, 1990.

“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.

“Grandma Moses and the ‘Primitive Tradition,’” Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT, June 11, 2011 – October 30, 2011.

“Folk Art and American Modernism,” American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY, July 8, 2015 – October 1, 2015; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, September 18, 2014 – December 31, 2014.

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