
Ghost Dance (The Vision of Life)
Ralph Albert Blakelock

American Impressionism Painter · Active 1895 – 1895
Across 1 works held in Paintale's collection, Ralph Albert Blakelock returns again and again to religion & mythology — a range that gives a sense of what the American Impressionism period asked of its painters.
Where to see the work: Art Institute of Chicago.
The paintings by Ralph Albert Blakelock gathered on Paintale span religion & mythology, a set of concerns typical of an artist working through the American Impressionism period. Taken as a group, they show a consistent visual language rather than a series of unrelated commissions.
Museums now holding Ralph Albert Blakelock's work include Art Institute of Chicago. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
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