Quarry Hole
Item
Title
Quarry Hole
Creator
Jean Watson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1884-1982 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1884-1982 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date
ca 1940
Materials
oil on canvas board
Measurements
17.5 x 24 in.
Description
After open-pit quarrying operations have ceased, a quarry may naturally fill with water and become a lake. Quarry lakes frequently contain abandoned equipment and submerged quarry stones making swimming and diving in the lakes hazardous. Landscapes that had been altered by industry—abandoned quarries, culm banks of waste from coal mining, waterways altered by dams, and bridges spanning rivers—were recurring subjects of Watson’s paintings.
A native of Philadelphia, Watson attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, and University of Pennsylvania. Watson taught kindergarten in Philadelphia public schools, exhibited her paintings nationally, and was selected by the Federal Works Agency’s Public Buildings Administration Section of Fine Arts to create murals for United States post offices in Stoughton, Massachusetts and Madison, North Carolina.
A native of Philadelphia, Watson attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, and University of Pennsylvania. Watson taught kindergarten in Philadelphia public schools, exhibited her paintings nationally, and was selected by the Federal Works Agency’s Public Buildings Administration Section of Fine Arts to create murals for United States post offices in Stoughton, Massachusetts and Madison, North Carolina.
Identifier
EMS011
Rights
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