French, Jared. Evasion, 1947. tempera on canvas mounted to panel, Unframed: 54.5 x 29.2 x 0.7 cm (21 7/16 x 11 1/2 x 1/4 in.). John L. Severance Fund, 2012.31. Copyrighted.

Evasion

1947

Jared French

Jared French (American, 1905–1988)

American Painting and Sculpture

Evasion, 1947. Jared French (American, 1905–1988). Tempera on canvas mounted to panel; unframed: 54.5 x 29.2 x 0.7 cm (21 7/16 x 11 1/2 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2012.31 French favored a form of tempera painting in which egg yolk is a primary ingredient.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: French, Jared
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: tempera on canvas mounted to panel
Medium: tempera, canvas, mounted, panel
Dimensions: Unframed: 54.5 x 29.2 x 0.7 cm (21 7/16 x 11 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Inscribed upper left recto: "Jared French" Inscribed verso: "JARED FRENCH / egg yolk tempera / EVASION"
Departments: American Painting and Sculpture
Accession Number: 2012.31
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, December 6, 1947-January 25, 1948<br>"Symbolic Realism in American Painting," Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, July 18-August 18, 1950<br>"Paintings and Drawings by Jared French," Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York, April 21-May 12, 1955<br>"Jared French: Paintings and Drawings," Robert Isaacson Gallery, New York, February 6-24, 1962<br>"An Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Art," Academy Art Gallery, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, March 3-April 2, 1967<br>"Jared French: 25 Years of Paintings and Drawings from 1944 to 1969," Banfer Gallery, New York, February 19-March 8, 1969<br>"Close Encounters: The Art of Paul Cadmus, Jared French and George Tooker," Midtown Galleries, New York, February 22--April 7, 1990<br>"The Rediscovery of Jared French," Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, April 21-May 29, 1992; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA, October 2-November 29, 1992<br>"Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, June 4-October 2, 2005; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, December 4, 2005-February 26, 2006; Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, March 15-June 4, 2006; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, September 23-December 31, 2006.
Rights Statement: Copyrighted
Museum Location: 226B American Modern

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