Carl Oscar Borg

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Carl Oscar Borg was an American painter known for landscape and orientalist works executed in oil and watercolor. Born in Sweden and trained in European academies, he developed a reputation for luminous depictions of desert and mountainous terrain, particularly in the American Southwest and North Africa. His work combined precise observation of light and atmospheric condition with a romantic sensibility toward exotic and remote locations. Borg maintained a prolific studio practice throughout the early-to-mid twentieth century.

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Summer Clouds

1930 · monotype

Sheet: 33.2 x 31.3 cm (13 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.); Image: 24.4 x 24.1 cm (9 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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