

Calypso
1906
Gallery label:
The elusive qualities of sunshine and breezes are captured in Calypso’s flowing classical garb, the billowy clouds and brilliantly colored flowers. In Greek mythology Calypso was the sea nymph who saved Odysseus from a shipwreck. Hitchcock worked in Holland and became one of America’s leading expatriate painters.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Purchased with funds from Mrs. John M. Judah, Newton Booth Tarkington, Clarence Wulsin, Stoughton Fletcher, an anonymous donor, and the John Herron Fund
The elusive qualities of sunshine and breezes are captured in Calypso’s flowing classical garb, the billowy clouds and brilliantly colored flowers. In Greek mythology Calypso was the sea nymph who saved Odysseus from a shipwreck. Hitchcock worked in Holland and became one of America’s leading expatriate painters.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Purchased with funds from Mrs. John M. Judah, Newton Booth Tarkington, Clarence Wulsin, Stoughton Fletcher, an anonymous donor, and the John Herron Fund
- Size:
- 44 x 35 in
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- License:
- Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- For more:
- http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/56225/
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