Farm Scene
Object number2019.48.1
Artist
John Anderson
(died 2019)
MediumOil on canvas; Wood; Paper; Metal
Credit LineGift of Estate of John Anderson
DescriptionFramed oil painting on canvas depicting a rural farm scene. Right midground has white farm house with green shuttered windows and three red chimneys; the house is surrounded by a white picket fence. A second white building, the springhouse, with green trimmed windows is in the left foreground. Green trees and bushes surround the buildings and a row of green trees with tall and narrow brown trunks line the top left background. Brown road across the foreground bends upward to the left of the farm house. Blue sky with white clouds. Gold painted wooden frame has beaded trim.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Frame): 24.625 × 38.625 × 1.75 in. (62.5 × 98.1 × 4.4 cm)Height x Width (Sight size): 21.5 × 35.5 in. (54.6 × 90.2 cm)
SignedArtist signature painted in black in the bottom right corner "JA".
Historical NotesThis painting is a scene is of the Miller farmhouse and springhouse on Bancroft Farm in Avella, Washington County, Pennsylvania. The tract, known as “Levin’s Folly,” was purchased by George Miller, Sr. in 1795 and remained in the Miller family until 2000 following the 1999 death of Meadowcroft founder, Albert Miller. The farmhouse pictured was constructed c. 1840 by George Miller, Jr. As of 2020, the main section of the house still stands (the rear addition was removed at an unknown date in the past). The artist, John Anderson, was a cousin of Albert and Delvin Miller. Anderson died in 2019.
Related person
George Miller Sr.
Related person
George Miller Jr.
Related person
Delvin Miller
(1913 - 1996)
Related institution
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
On View
Not on view
