Rhododendron

Rhododendron

Botany

Rhododendrons

Tree trunks -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Botanical illustration

Mountain plants

This pen-and-ink drawing is of a tree trunk with a rhododendron growing vine-like alongside it. The drawing is signed and dated in pencil and labeled: “Alum Cave Trail between Arch Rock and Alum Cave.” Irving Rhodes Fromer (1913-1994) was a self-taught artist who was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. He worked for both the TVA and the National Park Service and later lived in California, where he was known for creating socially conscious art.

Fromer, Irving Rhodes, 1913-1994

Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1937-08-10

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drawings (visual works)

eng

StillImage

20211

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2015-06-01

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Sevier County (Tenn.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

14.75" x 11.5"(dimension)

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