A landscape scene featuring a winding pathway along a shoreline reminiscent of the Santa Monica boardwalk. The left-hand side of the path is bordered by lush pink/red, blue, and white flowers. Patches of trees shade both sides of the path at intervals. This painting has been part of the Eagle’s Nest Art collection since 1918, when the permanent collection was first hung.
(1861-1927)
Oliver Dennett Grover was born in Earlville, Illinois and moved to Chicago as a child. He studied locally at the Chicago Academy of Design before travelling to Europe for further studies in places including Munich and Paris. He joined the Art Institute of Chicago in 1887 and was a founding member of the Eagle’s Nest Art Colony. Grover painted landscapes, portraits, and murals. He won several prizes over the years, including the Yerkes Prize in 1892, and the Kahn Prize in 1913.
Some of Grover’s murals can be seen at the rotunda of the James Blackstone Memorial Library Branford, Connecticut, and that of the Blackstone Branch of the Chicago Public Library.