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Anna Catherine Wiley (Tennessee, 1879-1958) oil on canvas painting that depicts a wooded hillside with a shady path in the foreground and river or other body of water visible through tall trees. Sunlight illuminates the water’s surface and branches of the trees while it casts dappled highlights onto the forest floor. Rendered in gustural impasto. Unsigned. Housed in a giltwood frame with textile liner. Sight: 23 3/8 in. H x 14 3.8 in. W. Canvas: 24 in. H x 15 in. W. Framed: 29 3/4 in. H x 20 3/4 in. W. Note: According to a written statement provided by Marliyn S. Bullock, Ernest Wiley, brother of the artist, presented three Catherine Wiley paintings to Knoxville’s Dulin Gallery for purchase in 1972. The Dulin Gallery selected one of these paintings, “Morning,” now in the collection of the Knoxville Museum of Art. As the Dulin Gallery chose not to purchase the remaining two paintings, Bullock, then the Executive Director of the Dulin Gallery, purchased the present painting from Ernest Wiley for her private collection.
