My Parents' Farm
Mattie Lou O'Kelley
American, 1908–1997

Details
Title
My Parents' Farm
Artist/Maker
Mattie Lou O'Kelley (American, 1908–1997)
Date
1980
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
58 x 42 inches
Credit
Gift of the artist in memory of her parents, Mary Bell Cox O'Kelley and Augustus Franklin O'Kelley, and their children, Willie, Lillie, Gertrude, Ruth, Tom, Ben, Mattie Lou, and Johnnie
Accession #
1980.68
On View
Currently not on view
Mattie Lou O’Kelley is best known as a memory painter who created embellished recollections of her childhood on a northern Georgia farm. The flattened perspective of My Parents’ Farm turns the agricultural vista into a richly colored quilt of abundant fields.
Image Copyright
© (c) Mattie Lou O'Kelley Memorial Trust
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