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Night Gardener's Escape
1995
48 x 64 in. (121.92 x 162.56 cm)
F. Scott Hess (Baltimore, Maryland, 1955 - )
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)
Beginning in 1994, F. Scott Hess began producing a psychologically charged series of paintings entitled The Hours of the Day. Loosely referring to the medieval and Renaissance devotional manuscripts known as the Book of Hours, Hess's complex, ambiguous narratives unfold over the course of a single day in contemporary Los Angeles. The final painting of the series, Night Gardener's Escape, takes place at 4:00 a.m. on the grounds of a house that Hess modeled on the St. Rémy asylum where Vincent Van Gogh spent the last years of his life. With a look of despondency, the night gardener-perhaps a cultivator of dreams?-gazes toward the heavens as if seeking some peaceful resolution.
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Night Gardener's Escape
Painting
199548 x 64 in. (121.92 x 162.56 cm)
F. Scott Hess (Baltimore, Maryland, 1955 - )
Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Oil and egg tempera on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, and F. Scott Hess, in honor of the San Jose Museum of Art's 35th Anniversary
Accession Number: 2004.07
Exhibition
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.
SJMA Label Text
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)
Beginning in 1994, F. Scott Hess began producing a psychologically charged series of paintings entitled The Hours of the Day. Loosely referring to the medieval and Renaissance devotional manuscripts known as the Book of Hours, Hess's complex, ambiguous narratives unfold over the course of a single day in contemporary Los Angeles. The final painting of the series, Night Gardener's Escape, takes place at 4:00 a.m. on the grounds of a house that Hess modeled on the St. Rémy asylum where Vincent Van Gogh spent the last years of his life. With a look of despondency, the night gardener-perhaps a cultivator of dreams?-gazes toward the heavens as if seeking some peaceful resolution.
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 48 x 64 in. (121.92 x 162.56 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references: - Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
Page Number: 114-115
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