Baptism
Baptism
Artist
Clementine Hunter
(1886 or 1887 - 1988)
Date1950s
MediumOil on board
Dimensions18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Gordon W. Bailey and Museum purchase, 2018.31
Signedl.r.: C H
Accession number
2018.31
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextA procession exits St. Augustine Catholic Church (where Clementine Hunter worshiped and found community all her life) and makes its way to a baptism in the Cane River. Hunter used color to highlight each figure. Those being baptized wear green, led by clergymen in regal yellow garments with green hats. She distinguished the observing churchgoers by painting them in their Sunday best. Hunter repeatedly painted narrative scenes like Baptism to reflect her experience of daily life in Louisiana.
Una procesión sale de la iglesia católica de San Agustín (donde Clementine Hunter acudía a orar y encontró una comunidad toda su vida) y se dirige a un bautizo en el río Cane. Hunter utiliza el color para resaltar cada figura: los bautizados visten de color verde, dirigidos por clérigos con regias vestimentas amarillas y sombreros verdes. Distingue a los feligreses que observan pintándolos con sus mejores galas. Hunter pintó repetidamente escenas narrativas como Bautismo para reflejar su experiencia de la vida cotidiana en Louisiana.
