Henning, Charles (NA) Long Island Landscape

Art

The New Deal Museum

Name/Title

Henning, Charles (NA) "Long Island Landscape"

Entry/Object ID

2025.900.FA18174

Description

A soothing rural landscape fades into the hazy distance. Its design is mostly symmetrical, save for a red barn and fence at left center; humans and livestock are conspicuous in their absence. Perhaps the painting's most remarkable feature is its almost kaleidoscopic foreground, bright and particular with color. It may be that Henning's extensive work on toleware for the Index of American Design influenced his palette of colors here.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Collection

Mt. Morris TB Hospital FAP Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Henning, Charles

Date made

Mar 12, 1937

Dimensions

Height

24 in

Width

40 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

Jul 26, 2025

Notes

4+ cracks throughout/upper left corner/center lower right/left corner, 3 chips lower right corner/lower right middle/bottom middle, 2 scratches, brown staining in upper right corner, 7 holes small in corners and bottom middle, warping middle right

Recommendations

requires cleaning

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Created under the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (1930s–1940s), this collection of easel paintings was originally installed at the Mount Morris Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Livingston County, New York. Following the sanitorium’s closure in 1970, the artworks were abandoned and remained in storage until their rediscovery decades later. Now preserved and exhibited by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (GVCA), the collection is housed at the New Deal Museum in Mount Morris. Current efforts include digitization, high-resolution photography, and the creation of an online archive to ensure long-term public access and research availability.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

See the entry titled 'New Deal Collection Documents' for supporting documents, and general historic and research information.