Field at Sunset

Name/Title

Field at Sunset

Entry/Object ID

2025.6.135

Description

Title [assigned by archives]: Field at Sunset Sister Mary Margaret Fuery, CCVI (1921 – 2017) painted this watercolor on January 23, 2006. The small painting depicts an orange sunset over a green field. In the left foreground stands a barren tree that bows over the top of the setting sun. Título [asignado por los archivos]: Campo al atardecer La hermana Mary Margaret Fuery, CCVI (1921-2017) pintó esta acuarela el 23 de enero de 2006. La pequeña pintura representa una puesta de sol naranja sobre un campo verde. En primer plano, a la izquierda, se alza un árbol desnudo que se inclina sobre la cima del sol poniente.

Type of Painting

Painting on paper

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Collection

Personnel Membership-Sisters

Made/Created

Artist

Sister Mary Margaret Fuery, CCVI

Date made

Jan 23, 2006

Time Period

21st Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

bottom right of waercolor

Transcription

1-23-06 S.M.F.

Material/Technique

Ink, In Artist's Hand

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

watercolors (paintings)

* Untyped Getty AAT

landscapes (representations)

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Watercolor paintings

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Dimensions with mat

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Notes

Sister Mary Margaret Fuery, CCVI was born in Colesgrove, County Galway, Ireland on February 14, 1921. She joined the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1937, took her first vows in 1940, and made her final profession in 1945. Sister Margaret spent her career as an educator in elementary and secondary schools across Texas and Louisiana. She also worked briefly in parish ministry and received her MS in Religious Studies from the University of the Incarnate Word in 1981. Sister Margaret passed away in San Antonio, Texas on February 26, 2017.

Research Type

Curator

Notes

La hermana Mary Margaret Fuery, CCVI, nació en Colesgrove, condado de Galway, Irlanda, el 14 de febrero de 1921. Ingresó en la Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad del Verbo Encarnado en 1937, hizo sus primeros votos en 1940 y profesó sus votos perpetuos en 1945. La hermana Margaret dedicó su carrera a la enseñanza en escuelas primarias y secundarias de Texas y Luisiana. También trabajó brevemente en el ministerio parroquial y obtuvo su máster en Estudios Religiosos por la Universidad del Verbo Encarnado en 1981. La hermana Margaret falleció en San Antonio, Texas, el 26 de febrero de 2017.