Trysting at Evening, oil painting of peacocks by a willow tree

A folk-style painting of four peacocks in a landscape: two perch on a tree branch and a railing, while two display full fanned tails in the foreground beside a green stone bench. Weeping willow foliage fills the upper frame under a pale evening sky, and the artist's signature appears at lower right.

Artist

Josephine Joy

Date

ca. 1935-1939

Medium

oil on fiberboard

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2395 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum