Picnic at Macatawa

Date Created
1904
Work Medium
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions
30 in. x 40 in.
CR Number
CR.MJA.MIGP86
Signature
Signed/dated: M. Alten/1904 lower right
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Location
Provenance

Grand Valley State University

George and Barbara Gordon collection

Perception Gallery

Grand Rapids Central High School

Subjects
Group portrait
Michigan
Exhibitions

Mathias J. Alten: Journey of an American Painter

Retrospective, Mathias J. Alten (1871 - 1938)

Sunlight in a Paintbrush - American Impressionism from Regional Collections

Bibliography

Gerdts, William H., M. Elizabeth Boone, Wendy Greenhouse and James A. Straub (Chronology), Mathias J. Alten: Journey of an American Painter (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1998)

William H. Gerdts, E. Jane Connell, James M. Keny, Sunlight in a Paintbrush - American Impressionism from Regional Collections (May 2008

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Sylvia Krissoff, "Exhibit Shows Range of GR Artist Alten's Work, " The Grand Rapids Press, July 30, 1991.

No author noted, "Grand Rapids Has a Really Great Artist...," The Grand Rapids Evening Press, December 10, 1904, ill.