Pastoral

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, artist

1876–1938

Pastoral, 1932

Where object was made: England, United Kingdom

Material/technique: etching; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 138 x 306 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 291 x 460 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 7/16 x 12 1/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 11 7/16 x 18 1/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Bequest of Wallace Pratt

Accession number: 1982.0018

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"American Etchers Abroad, 1880-1939," Apr-2004, Reed Anderson
After a lengthy stay in Venice, a city that inspired him to produce some of his most remarkable works, Maclaughlan settled in nearby Asolo in 1909, where he remained until the cataclysm wrought by World War I forced him to flee. He sought temporary refuge in Spain and later in England, where he produced a series of etchings depicting the Cornish landscape; the Spencer’s untitled landscape is surely from this period. In these etchings from the end of MacLaughlan’s career all is light and airy. A sense of peace characterizes the Arcadian landscape in which calm rounded trees are stirred by a gentle wind and the homesteads are separated by the graceful lines of sloping hedgerows, stone walls, and rail fences.