Daisy Field, [west KU campus], William Alexander Griffith

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William Alexander Griffith, Daisy Field, [west KU campus]
William Alexander Griffith, Daisy Field, [west KU campus]
William Alexander Griffith
Daisy Field, [west KU campus]
circa 1908–1910
William Alexander Griffith, painter
1866–1940
Daisy Field, [west KU campus], circa 1908–1910
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: oil; hardboard
Credit line: Gift of the family of Sarah Jane Griffith Stevens (1906–92)
Accession number: 1994.0033
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Exhibition Label: "From the Prairie to Paris and Back Again: The Art of William A. Griffith", (Nov 1996) Susan Earle Griffith often drew inspiration from parts of the KU campus for his landscape paintings. Here he depicts the area of campus currently known as "Daisy Hill." Griffith may have held special feelings for this place. A photograph (at right) shows three of his children, George, Sarah Jane, and Lucinda, playing in the daisies that grew there. Templin, Lewis, Hashinger, Ellsworth, and McCollum residence halls were built on this site in the 1950s and 60s.