Morning in the Flint Hills

John Noble, artist

1874–1934

Morning in the Flint Hills, circa 1927

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: oil; canvas

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1935.0009

Not on display

Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Noble, or “Wichita Bill,” once drove cattle from Texas to Kansas on the Chisholm Trail. He was known by the 1920s for his five-gallon Stetson hat and reputation as a cosmopolitan painter, by now residing in New York and Provincetown. Noble’s post-impressionist style reflects his artistic training in Cincinnati, Paris, and Brussels, but recollections of Kansas prairies “forever in his heart” inspired this evocation of the undulating slopes of the Flint Hills.

Exhibition Label:
"This Land," Mar-2014, Kate Meyer
Noble, or “Wichita Bill,” once drove cattle from Texas to Kansas on the Chisholm Trail. He was known by the 1920s for his five-gallon Stetson hat and reputation as a cosmopolitan painter, by now residing in New York and Provincetown. Noble’s post-impressionist style reflects his artistic training in Cincinnati, Paris, and Brussels, but recollections of Kansas prairies “forever in his heart” inspired this evocation of the undulating slopes of the Flint Hills.