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Graveyard
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Date: 03/24/1899
Size: 24″H x 19″W
Medium: charcoalchalkpaper
Type: student picture
Published: Drexel University Museum. Frank E. Schoonover at Drexel: Illustration and the Academic Tradition 1892-1903. Philadelphia: Drexel University, 1986: 42-43.
caption: 36A. Graveyard
Inscription: ll: Frank E. Schoonover
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Exhibitions: 1986 FES Drexel (catalog)
Comments: index
Commentary: “Stylistically, ‘Graveyard’ is more sophisticated than the earlier ‘Lily Pond’ (#sw27)…Schoonover begins to develop the clothed figure in a more realistic fashion…
[he] renders the shifting patterns of light and shade by means of a wide range of tonal values, including white highlights, over the dappled landscape in a convincing fashion…this charcoal…represents a significant turning point in Schoonover’s training and in his ability to manipulate composition.” (Drexel University Museum, 43)
Provenance: Private collection