June Pastoral
Artist
Willard Leroy Metcalf
American, 1858–1925
Date1910
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/8 x 29 in. (66.4 x 73.7 cm)
Frame: 35 x 38 x 2 in. (88.9 x 96.5 x 5.1 cm)
Frame: 35 x 38 x 2 in. (88.9 x 96.5 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Charles M. Reeves, Jr., and family, in honor of Mrs. Charles M. Reeves, Jr.
Object numberG.78.23.1
On View
On view[1] As Springtime Festival.
[2] As Springtime Festival.
Published References(review of Montross Gallery exhibition), American Art News (January 7, 1911), [from Metcalf's scrapbook].
Evening News (Newark, NJ) (January 7, 1911) [from Metcalf's scrapbook].
"Mr. Metcalf's Landscapes," New-York Tribune (January 8, 1911), II, 7 (review).
Sunday Sun (January 8, 1911), discussed [from Metcalf's scrapbook].
Maude I. O. Oliver (review), Chicago Record Herald (March 1912) [from Metcalf's scrapbook].
Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: Published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 253.
Elizabeth deVeer and Richard J. Boyle, Sunlight and Shadow: The Life and Art of Willard L. Metcalf (New York: Abbeville Press, 1987), illus. (b-w) 136.
William H. Gerdts, "Ten American Painters: A Critical Chronology," in Ten American Painters (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1990), 9-81, noted 55, illus. (b-w) fig. 74, listed 182.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 247.
Kathryn Stripling Byer, "June Pastoral," in The Store of Joys, Huston Paschal, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1997), 76-77, illus. (color) 76.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Montross Gallery, solo exhibition, January 3-17, 1911, no. 6.
Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, "Exhibition of Paintings by Willard L. Metcalf," Mar. 5-27, 1912, no. 3. (as June Pastoral).
Boston, MA, Copley Gallery, solo exhibition, January 26-February 10, 1912.
Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art," Ten American Painters," April 17-May 1912, no. 7
Waterbury, CT, Mattatuck Historical Society, "Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists," November 16-December 14, 1912, no. 26.
Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Women's Club, 1913.
New York, NY, M. Knoedler & Co., solo exhibition, May, 1913. [Note: Knoedler's reports no record of a 1913 Metcalf show]
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Recent Acquisitions," December 17, 1978-January 28, 1979.
Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina, Morehead Planetarium, "Cartier Soirée," October 16-31, 1979.
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of American Paintings," December 7, 1980-January 24, 1981.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Turn of the Century Paintings," July 6-November 3, 1985.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Highlights of the American Collection, February 15-August 2, 2009.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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