Convergence
Title
Convergence
Subject
Virginia
Art
Description
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, painter Katherine Porter trained at Colorado College and Boston university , ultimately receiving an honorary doctorate from Colby College. Porter seeks, through the use of strong geometric shapes and contrasting colors, to give form to ideas, particularly of change and conflict. This painting's title word "convergence" refers to movement of several elements into one.
Creator
Katherine Porter (American, Born 1941)
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
TAU_ART_000128
1996.001
Date Created
1992/1994
Is Part Of
Taubman Museum of Art
Medium
painting (visual works)
oil
Provenance
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries
Taubman Museum of Art (Repository)
Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Funds
Files
Collection
Citation
Katherine Porter (American, Born 1941), “Convergence,” Southwest Virginia Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://di.lib.vt.edu/items/show/952.