ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1887-1980
Preview
Date of Work
1934
Medium
Oil on canvas board
Signature
Lower right
Height
35 1/2"
Width
47"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: 234_W02
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Born in Michigan, Isabel Snelgrove studied at the Chicago Art Institute, the Colorado Springs Art Center, Olivet College, and the University of Michigan. In 1930, after teaching at colleges in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Oklahoma, she was hired to teach art at UND. She served as Acting Head of the Art Department following the death of the first Chair, Paul E. Barr, in 1953.
Snelgrove’s Milling Wheat is a "modern" version of agricultural industry. Beyond a dimly lit, clean, tidy, pollution-free factory and drably uniformed workers are the brightly lit airplane, car, truck, train, and gasoline-powered tractor with a pull-type combine. All focus is on symbols of progress and the hard-work ethic that will get Americans through the Great Depression.
Featured in the 2020 exhibition, Food For Thought, at the Empire Arts Center Gallery.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”