A Rendezvous with The Soul193825 3/8 x 25 1/2 " (64.5 x 64.8 cm)
Frame: 31 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 1/4 " (80.6 x 80.6 x 5.7 cm)Oil on canvasGift of the Estate of Maria and Conrad Janis2023.13.701576958830Patrick J. SullivanPaintingsCopyright for this work is under review.lower right: 'P. J. SULLIVAN'WheelingWheelingUnited StatesWest VirginiaPaintingsRecent AcquisitionsAdam ReichMasters of Popular Painting: Modern Primitives of Europe and America, Museum of Modern Art, April 27–July 24, 1938.
Wheelingreviewed for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada 2026"The earth is man's life...It is autumn, the end of the season. The sun is gone, the end of the day. The very aged man is at the end of his life...the spiritual fire around the soul indicates despair and suffering man experiences in dying..."Object information is a work in progress and may be updated
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org19381938 2023 13 7 reviewed for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada 2026"The earth is man's life...It is autumn, the end of the season. The sun is gone, the end of the day. The very aged man is at the end of his life...the spiritual fire around the soul indicates despair and suffering man experiences in dying..."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