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Ross Moffett — The Orchard
Ross Moffett

The Orchard

This oil painting depicts a sunlit orchard with gnarled, twisted trees rendered in bold greens and deep blues. The composition emphasizes the expressive forms of the ancient olive or fruit trees, their dark trunks and sprawling branches creating dynamic patterns across a luminous green meadow. Characteristic of early-to-mid twentieth-century American regionalism, the work demonstrates the artist's interest in capturing the distinctive character of cultivated landscapes through vivid color and gestural brushwork. The elevated viewpoint and rhythmic arrangement of trees suggest both careful observation and modernist formal concerns. The painting exemplifies the Cape Cod school's engagement with New England flora and the surrounding landscape.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $4,000$6,000

Lot 92

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Ross Moffett, The Orchard

This oil painting depicts a sunlit orchard with gnarled, twisted trees rendered in bold greens and deep blues. The composition emphasizes the expressive forms of the ancient olive or fruit trees, their dark trunks and sprawling branches creating dynamic patterns across a luminous green meadow. Characteristic of early-to-mid twentieth-century American regionalism, the work demonstrates the artist's interest in capturing the distinctive character of cultivated landscapes through vivid color and gestural brushwork. The elevated viewpoint and rhythmic arrangement of trees suggest both careful observation and modernist formal concerns. The painting exemplifies the Cape Cod school's engagement with New England flora and the surrounding landscape.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.8 x 61 cm
Seen at
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

Green Palette, Landscape Painting, Trees, Figurative Abstraction, Mid Century, Gestural Brushwork, Pastoral Scene, Early Modernism, Oil On Canvas, American Regionalism, Color Field, Nature Study, Cultivated Land, Orchard, Expressionist, Rural Landscape, Organic Forms, Provincetown, Cape Cod School, Twisted Forms

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Collected by

Jonathan Murray