Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
(TR)1965.505 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
This oil painting is titled "Black Brothers." The central image is a rural mountainous landscape in the foreground, with two black mountain silhouettes visible in the background. This painting was displayed in Dr. Paul Stanton's office during his service as ETSU's President from 1997-2012. There is some debate as to which mountains are depicted and referred to as the "Black Brothers" in this painting. In-house research has found that there are two mountains named "Big Tom Mountain" and "Mount Craig" (named c. 1947) just north of Mount Mitchell in Yancey County, North Carolina, that are sometimes referred to as "Black Brothers," which aligns with the Black Mountains mountain range in western North Carolina. The range is named for the dark, black appearance of red spruce and Fraser fir trees that form a spruce-fir forest on the range's upper slopes. The Black Mountains contain six of the ten highest summits in the eastern United States, including the highest, Mount Mitchell (elevation: 6,684 feet), and the second highest, Mount Craig. The crest of the range features eighteen peaks that climb to at least 6,300 feet above sea level. Yancey County borders the state of Tennessee and is approximately 100 miles from Tepker's home in Alleghany County, North Carolina. Both Yancey County and Alleghany County are considered to be within the Appalachian region. However, several people have also remarked the resemblance of Buffalo Mountain (here in Johnson City, Tennessee) in this painting. |
Date |
1961 |
Artist |
Harry Tepker |
Title |
Black Brothers |
Place of Origin |
USA |
Material |
oil on canvas |
Subjects |
American Art |