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Storm Over Kaw Valley
Artist
Roy Clinton Langford
(United States, 1903 - 1990)
Date1954
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsSIGHT: 21 1/2 x 29 3/8 in. (54.6 x 74.6 cm)
Object TypePaintings
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, The Roy C. Langford Collection, gift of the Langford family
Object number2008.348
On View
On view• Storm over Kaw Valley is believed to depict the Flint Hills along the Kansas River outside of Manhattan, Kansas, where the artist owned a small ranch.
• Langford wrote: “I get a lot of ideas for my paintings from the landscape around Manhattan. Each day as I take care of our livestock, I have the privilege of seeing the Kaw River as it flows about a quarter of a mile from the barn where I work.”
• Langford fashioned the frames for many of his paintings, including this one. He considered carefully how the frame’s weight, decoration, and color might enhance viewing.
• Langford wrote: “I get a lot of ideas for my paintings from the landscape around Manhattan. Each day as I take care of our livestock, I have the privilege of seeing the Kaw River as it flows about a quarter of a mile from the barn where I work.”
• Langford fashioned the frames for many of his paintings, including this one. He considered carefully how the frame’s weight, decoration, and color might enhance viewing.
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