FLORENCE ELLIOTT MCCLUNG (American, 1894-1992). Volcanic Cone at Ft. Davis, Texas, 1930. Oil on artist's board. 16 x 20 ...

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FLORENCE ELLIOTT MCCLUNG (American, 1894-1992)
Volcanic Cone at Ft. Davis, Texas, 1930
Oil on artist's board
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Signed lower right: E. McClung
Inscribed verso: 1930 Volcanic Cone at Ft. Davis, Texas - in town

Florence McClung began painting in the early 1920s, when she studied with Frank Reaugh, Olin Travis, Frank Klepper, and Alexander Hogue, before training at several institutions across the country. Often following an urge to romanticize the rural landscape, McClung embraced regional subject matter. She largely pursued her own stylistic tendency toward the idealization of rural settings instead of the abstraction favored by many of her contemporaries and teachers. Volcanic Cone at Fort Davis, 1930 is just such an example of her work. This charming painting captures the scenery in a most eloquent style and evokes feelings of peace and awe that can be simultaneously inspired by the Texas landscape.

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