Name/Title
In The CloudsEntry/Object ID
5212Description
Curving sky scene with four distinct, horizontal sections: dark colored terrain on the bottom, bright orange clouds, clear blue sky, and larger dark blue-grey clouds at the top.Context
The 1960’s marked the last decade of Julia Thecla’s artistic career and somewhat of a restoration of her place in Chicago’s art world. Thecla thrived in the artistic community of Chicago in the 1930’s and 40’s, but fell to the margins in the 1950’s. She is considered a surrealist painter or a part of the “magic realism” group along with Gertrude Abercrombie and Ivan Albright. While her early work shows more human and animal figures, her later works such as this one, were focused on space. These space themed paintings are thought to have been either a reflection of America’s obsession with the “race for space” at the time, or an escape route for Thecla out of this dimension and into another.Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul University, gift of Helen T FindlayEthnography
Notes
United States
North America, United States
ChicagoDimensions
Dimension Description
canvasWidth
36 inLength
36 inDimension Description
frameWidth
37-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inLength
37-1/2 inExhibitions
Past Present: DePaul Builds An Art Collection
Julia Thecla: Undiscovered Worlds
Past Present: DePaul Builds An Art Collection
Interpretative Labels
Label
In The Clouds
Thecla, Julia
1960