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The Hills

Preston Dickinson, born New York City 1889-died Irun, Spain 1930

Preston Dickinson painted The Hills a few years after he returned to New York from France. He admired the work of the French modernist painters, especially Paul Cézanne, who transformed his subjects into simple shapes and planes of color. Dickinson composed this landscape from triangles and curves, and even the clouds reflect the shapes of the hills and buildings. The expressive brushstrokes and vibrant color evoke an energetic, windswept day in the countryside of New York.

Date

ca. 1919

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Department

SAAM

Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Object number

saam_1965.11.1

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Flora E. H. Shawan from the Ferdinand Howald Collection