Near Eudora, Kansas

Henry Learned, artist

1844–1895

Near Eudora, Kansas, 1873

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: canvas; oil

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 41.3 x 66.2 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 16 1/4 x 26 1/16 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 23 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 3 1/2 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 1997.0057

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"This Land," Mar-2014, Kate Meyer
Eudora is a small community six miles east of Lawrence, near where the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers meet. In 1855, young Henry Learned came to the Lawrence area with his father as part of the New England Emigrant Aid Company and settled on the outskirts of Lawrence, perhaps near the site of this painting.

Archive Label 1999:
Eudora is a small community six miles east of Lawrence, near where the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers meet. Henry Learned came to the Lawrence area, possibly near where this scene was painted, with his father in 1855. He became a full-time painter in 1869, after returning to Kansas from Union service in the Civil War. By 1874, he had settled permanently in Colorado, where he painted Rocky Mountain landscapes. He continued to maintain his Kansas connections long after leaving this area.

While the style of this painting is somewhat different from the later Colorado works by Learned, the initials, date, and location have led us to attribute the work to him.