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Image of Cottage in the Woods

LeConte Stewart

American
(1891–1990)

Cottage in the Woods
Date unknown

Oil on canvas
25.5 x 33.5 x 1.5 in.
Museum Purchase with the General Operating Fund
1984.682

Born in the tiny town of Glenwood in Sevier County, UT, Stewart studied in New York and Philadelphia before returning to his home state to teach at the University of Utah. Stewart settled in Farmington and frequently painted the rural landscapes of northern Utah. Although Cottage in the Woods does not include a specific location, Stewart often painted close to home in areas like Willard Bay and Weber Canyon.

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cottages*, forests*, house, tree, trees*
  • cottages - A small house, usually of only one story.
  • forests - Historically, refers to wilderness areas outside the scope of common law but within the legislation of kings and reserved for royal activities; more recently, used to designate extensive wooded areas, whether maintained for the production of timber or unmanaged and preserving a wilderness of dense growth and wild animal habitats. For forests in the context of a plant community rather than as a cultural landscape, use "forests (plant communities)."
  • house
  • tree
  • trees - Woody, perennial plants usually with a single, long, self-supporting stem or trunk, and which grow to a considerable height.

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