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Frank Nuderscher (1880-1959)
Spring Landscape, ca. 1922, oil on canvas Collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri - St. Louis |
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| Nuderscher was a self-trained artist who became known for his industrial
scenes of his hometown – St. Louis – and for Ozark landscape
paintings. He was also an active member of the regional art scene; he was
the last survivor of the Riverfront Art Colony, in 1936 he supervised the
city’s WPA (Works Progress Administration) projects, he was a member
of the National Association of Mural Painters and of the Saint Louis Artist
Guild where he won ten first prizes, he served as president of the Independent
Artists of St. Louis, and he was one of the founding members of the Society
of Ozark Painters. The landscape exhibited here may well be one from the
Ozark region. Nuderscher and the other Ozark painters were attracted to the region for the delicate colors produced by the hazy atmosphere. In the earlier years of the Society, the region was seen as a sanctuary of beauty from the horrors and ugliness of World War I, and works by Society artists, like Nuderscher, frequently retained an emphasis on a quiet, restful composition featuring soft, pleasant colors. |
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