Mike Larsen

(Chickasaw, b. 1944)

[Two Works] Studies for Quartz Mountain: The Future Onstage with Judith Somogi AND Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Future American Masters

both signed Larsen (lower right)

each 39 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches

Property from a Private Collection

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These paintings were studies for two works in the Oklahoma Arts Institute's Quartz Mountain Art Collection Walking Tour.

The Future Onstage with Judith Somogi

"This work depicts conductor Judith Somogi leading the Summer Arts Institute Orchestra when she taught in 1978. Somogi was considered America's first great female conductor. Viewers are reminded of the exceptional music program available to Oklahoma's high school students at Quartz Mountain."

The Future American Masters

"A salute to the visual artists who have taught at Quartz Mountain, Larsen depicts painter Fritz Scholder and sculptor Allan Houser in the foreground with examples of their work. Oklahoma photographer David Fitzgerald stands in the background to the far right. Larsen places himself in the painting behind his close friend Houser, who had passed away several years earlier. Standing between Larsen and Fitzgerald are Mary Frates, founder and former President of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, with her son Cole. The Quartz Mountain Art Collection contains works by both Scholder and Houser, who also taught at the Summer Institute."

[Two Works] Studies for Quartz Mountain: The Future Onstage with Judith Somogi AND Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Future American Masters

[Two Works] Studies for Quartz Mountain: The Future Onstage with Judith Somogi AND Quartz Mountain: Sacred Ground - The Future American Masters