<I>Going to Church</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Attributed to
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
notes: label: Description
content: An oil painting depicting a scene of pastoral life in Louisiana. The top third of the painting is a swath of blues and greens depicting the sky. Below the sky is a horizontal line of figures walking towards a church which is prominently featured at center right. The procession of people includes eight figures, two of whom are carrying orange parasols, a little girl in a skirt, and two men. Three other figures, one holding a parasol, are depicted standing in front of the church, facing towards the procession. At the bottom left are two women wearing floral hats, sitting in a boat tied to a small tree. Two other figures of ambiguous gender are standing to the right of the tree. The painting is signed [CH] and titled at the bottom right.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Rand and Dana Jack family, in honor of Rand's grandmother, Blythe Rand, who early recognized and supported the special talents of Clementine Hunter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.176.2
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Cane River Art Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil paint on hardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Framed): 27 1/2 × 31 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (69.9 × 79.7 × 3.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sight; in mat): 19 3/8 × 23 3/8 in. (49.2 × 59.4 cm)