Back of Firemen's Hall (c. 1920s): Art, History and Details

Back of Firemen's Hall (c. 1920s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Orville Houghton Peets (American, 1884–1968).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

During the late 1920s, Peets lived at the artists’ colony in Woodstock, New York, where this image was likely created. Based on the title, the image may face away from the town’s fire station and depict a stream running behind it. Known for its landscape artists, Woodstock began experiencing issues between conservative and modernist members around the time Peets joined. He served on the board of trustees of the Woodstock Art Association until 1931, when he resigned because he felt pressured to abandon traditional techniques.

Object facts

• Title: Back of Firemen's Hall
• Date: c. 1920s
• Creator attribution: Orville Houghton Peets (American, 1884–1968)
• Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Dimensions: Plate: 22.6 x 32.9 cm (8 7/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1928.94

A detail from the museum

This etching won the first prize in the etching category at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 1928 May Show.

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

Further reading listed by the museum

• Clark, Edna Maria. Ohio Art and Artists, Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1932.
• Orville Houghton Peets Entry Card to 1928 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.