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Apple Tree
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The setting of this rustic scene is likely Ohio, potentially Berlin Heights, where Wilcox sketched during summers from 1910 to 1916. The twisting, bare branches and lack of apples suggest that the artist was focused on capturing organic lines. The small fence running along the bottom of the image provides a comparable scale, which, alongside the cropping of the upper branches, lends a sense of enormity to the trees. A lover of his home state, Wilcox may have been praising Ohio’s natural resources in this work.
| Artist / Maker | Frank Wilcox |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1918 |
| Culture / Origin | America, Ohio, Cleveland |
| Medium | etching |
| Dimensions | Image: 10.8 x 13.3 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) |
| Department | Prints |
| Type |
About the Artist
Cleveland-born Frank Wilcox received artistic training with Frederick Gottwald, Henry Keller, and Louis Rorimer while at tending the Cleveland School of Art, 1906–10. On a travel scholarship from the school, Wilcox studied at the Académie Callorossi in Paris during the winter of 1910–11 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1911. He then returned to Cleveland, where the Taylor Gallery organized his first solo exhibition in the fall of 1911. The Korner & Wood Galleries organized his second solo exhibition… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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