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<p>[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 406147, member: 8184"]I decided to poke about and see if the buildings in this piece had been identified. First page I landed on was the Smithsonian bio of Howland that included this bit: <i>"Howland's paintings invariably focused on the rustic New England countryside and its inhabitants, depicting farmers, Fourth of July paraders in their old fashioned clothing, <b>and rearranging locally identifiable buildings to suit his boyhood memories</b>."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I then decided that further research wasn't worth the effort. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jivvy, post: 406147, member: 8184"]I decided to poke about and see if the buildings in this piece had been identified. First page I landed on was the Smithsonian bio of Howland that included this bit: [I]"Howland's paintings invariably focused on the rustic New England countryside and its inhabitants, depicting farmers, Fourth of July paraders in their old fashioned clothing, [B]and rearranging locally identifiable buildings to suit his boyhood memories[/B]."[/I] I then decided that further research wasn't worth the effort. :cat:[/QUOTE]
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