The Vision
1954 · Oil on board
17 7/8 x 48" (45.4 x 121.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Theora Hamblett
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Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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Theora Hamblett was an American painter born in Mississippi in 1895. Working primarily in oil, she developed a distinctive folk modernist approach that merged narrative figuration with symbolic abstraction. Her compositions often drew from Southern rural life, dreams, and personal memory, rendered in a flattened, decorative style that resisted conventional academic perspective. Hamblett maintained an independent practice throughout her career, remaining based in Mississippi until her death in 1977.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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