Mountains
Charles Heaney, Mountains, 1938, oil on canvas, Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project, public domain, L45.3.4
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- Title
Mountains
- Artist
- Date
1938
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
33 3/8 in x 38 in; frame: 39 5/8 in x 47 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: C.E. HEANEY, brushed, lower right
text transcription: OREGON W.P.A. ART PROJECT, metal plate at bottom center of frame
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art; Northwest Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration. New Deal Art Project
- Accession Number
L45.3.4
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Charles Heaney moved to Portland in 1913 with his sister and their widowed mother. Heaney promptly apprenticed himself to a jeweler, learned the art of engraving, and continued to support himself as an engraver until his retirement at age 65. Heaney discovered his love of art making in 1917 when he began attending Harry Wentz's night classes, focusing on printmaking long before he took up painting. Heaney was also strongly influenced by his friendship with C.S. Price, whom he met shortly after Price moved to Portland in 1929. Mountains, an unusually large painting for Heaney, shows his skill with color and his interest in the geologic structures of the Pacific Northwest.
