Independent Order of Odd Fellows Sign for Northern Light Lodge No. 1211890–193022 × 20 × 3/4"Reverse painting on glassGift of Kendra and Allan Daniel2015.1.3901554655069Artist unidentifiedArchitecturehttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster28734United StatesFraternal Art and ObjectsPaintingsJosé Andrés RamírezThis sign was used by Odd Fellows Northern Light Lodge No. 121 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to mark its meeting place. Similar painted glass panels were used in large lanterns to illuminate a lodge room. The sign employs the technique of reverse painting on glass, which was popular from the mid-nineteenth century both as an art form and for sign painting.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Independent Order of Odd Fellows Sign for Northern Light Lodge No. 121," exhibition label for Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016.
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Stacy C. Hollander, "Independent Order of Odd Fellows Sign for Northern Light Lodge No. 121," exhibition label for Mystery and Benevolence: Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art from the Kendra and Allan Daniel Collection. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2016.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org