Bookland
Date1934
Artist
Walter Willoughby
American painter, 1886–1973
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions50 1/2 × 37 3/4 in. (128.3 × 95.9 cm)
frame: 53 × 40 in. (134.6 × 101.6 cm)
frame: 53 × 40 in. (134.6 × 101.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the 3rd Regional District of the P.W.A.P., 1934
Object number1934-44
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextUniversity of Delaware graduate and World War One bomber pilot Walter Willoughby studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before his work for the Public Works of Art Project. Willoughby's imaginative Bookland depicts illustrations from children's stories coming to life in a fantastical library setting, a dreamlike departure from the naturalistic compositions produced by other Delaware artists on the Project.
