Label
(from 2014.Old Walks and New)
Frank Peers, American (Kansas), 1891-1938
Untitled, 1934, woodcut
Frank Peers studied art at Washburn College with Frances Davis Whittemore in 1915-1916, then left Topeka for further study and service in World War I. He settled in New York City in 1926. Little is known about how often he returned to his home state. The small size of the farms, the hilly terrain and the rocky, elevated ledge in the foreground of this 1934 print may indicate that it depicts New England, not Kansas. Regardless of the locale, this bucolic landscape of peaceful, well-tended farms presents an idealized view of the American countryside.