Wild Huckleberry Picking
Object number2003.90.6
Artist
John Michael O'Cilka
Date1950-1970
MediumOil paint; Canvas
Credit LineGift of John A. O'Cilka
DescriptionFramed oil painting on canvas. Painting depicts two women, one girl, and one man picking red and blue berries; women are bent over. Three buckets of berries on ground. Background is pink sky with grey mountains. Black/dark brown rustic wooden frame. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Framed): 26.875 x 26.375 x 1.125 in. (68.3 x 67 x 2.9 cm)Height x Width x Depth (Painting only): 24 x 23.5 in. (61 x 59.7 cm)
Signed"OCILKA" in lower right corner, in brown.
InscriptionsWhite sticker on back of painting has handwritten number "15".
MarksBack of frame has blue stamped text on each frame member "AG BC CD".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of paintings by John Michael O'Cilka, a mining engineer and self-taught artist. The paintings, probably painted in the 1950s and 1960s, depict regional genre scenes of flax scutching, mushroom and huckleberry picking, and immigrant farmers in noon prayer, as well as one of President John F. Kennedy seated in a rocking chair. These paintings augment a collection of other works by John O'Cilka that capture regional coal mining scenes. Donor John A. O'Cilka is the artist's son.
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