{"id":118,"date":"2019-03-27T04:24:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T04:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/?p=118"},"modified":"2019-05-04T04:29:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:29:34","slug":"stars-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/2019\/03\/27\/stars-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like many artists of her era, MacIver often explored the realm of sleeping and dreams as an avenue into other consciousness and deeper truth. It is perhaps because of this focus that she was often, especially early on in her career, wrongfully categorized as a surrealist. MacIver painted her dreams and visions into scenes of everyday life, the resulting works taking many forms and styles throughout her lifetime. The great variety of style throughout her career makes her a consistently difficult painter to categorize, as you can see in the unexpected, fairly figural painting of Lloyd Frankenberg sleeping below, in contrast to the dreamy, ghost-like visions that she would begin to paint in the 40s and 50s.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-263 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-263 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-dark fg-round-full fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-263\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/A-Dream.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"&quot;A Dream: The E\/L train with sad streaked windows gliding past like the mournful sound of trains in the night&quot;\" data-attachment-id=\"264\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/A-Dream\/1034610383.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">\"A Dream: The E\/L train with sad streaked windows gliding past like the mournful sound of trains in the night\"<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/Dream-Blue.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"&quot;Dream: Completely blue studio \/ every variety of blue&quot;\" data-attachment-id=\"265\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/Dream-Blue\/2009747218.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">\"Dream: Completely blue studio \/ every variety of blue\"<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/ASMITHIG_10313170290.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Sleep, 1929, oil on linen, 20 1\/16 x 24 1\/16 in\" data-caption-desc=\"This painting was given to the Smith College Museum of Art by Loren MacIver in 1977, in memory of Lloyd Frankenberg, closely following his death. It is a deeply intimate portrait which stands out amongst MacIver&#039;s work both in terms of style and subject matter.\" data-attachment-id=\"332\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"This painting was given to the Smith College Museum of Art by Loren MacIver in 1977, in memory of Lloyd Frankenberg, closely following his death. It is a deeply intimate portrait which stands out amongst MacIver&#039;s work both in terms of style and subject matter.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/ASMITHIG_10313170290\/1321419056.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Sleep, 1929, oil on linen, 20 1\/16 x 24 1\/16 in<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This painting was given to the Smith College Museum of Art by Loren MacIver in 1977, in memory of Lloyd Frankenberg, closely following his death. It is a deeply intimate portrait which stands out amongst MacIver's work both in terms of style and subject matter.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/sandman2.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Sandman and Sleep Sketches\" data-caption-desc=\"This page shows two sketches, one for a &quot;Sandman&quot; painting, a favorite theme of MacIver&#039;s, and one for &quot;Sleep,&quot; the painting of Lloyd sleeping that is on the previous slide.\" data-attachment-id=\"267\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"This page shows two sketches, one for a &quot;Sandman&quot; painting, a favorite theme of MacIver&#039;s, and one for &quot;Sleep,&quot; the painting of Lloyd sleeping that is on the previous slide.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/sandman2\/3114238457.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Sandman and Sleep Sketches<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This page shows two sketches, one for a \"Sandman\" painting, a favorite theme of MacIver's, and one for \"Sleep,\" the painting of Lloyd sleeping that is on the previous slide.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/2019\/04\/Sleeping.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Sleeping--Day Dreams\" data-caption-desc=\"This sketch shows one of MacIver&#039;s many attempts to capture the very fiber of dreams within her work. Rather than representing this through the dream scapes of her surrealist contemporaries, in this sketch she uses abstract forms, and &quot;large swaths of color dragged over a -- surface&quot;\" data-attachment-id=\"268\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"This sketch shows one of MacIver&#039;s many attempts to capture the very fiber of dreams within her work. Rather than representing this through the dream scapes of her surrealist contemporaries, in this sketch she uses abstract forms, and &quot;large swaths of color dragged over a -- surface&quot;\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/loren-maciver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/335\/cache\/2019\/04\/Sleeping\/700453270.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Sleeping--Day Dreams<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">This sketch shows one of MacIver's many attempts to capture the very fiber of dreams within her work. Rather than representing this through the dream scapes of her surrealist contemporaries, in this sketch she uses abstract forms, and \"large swaths of color dragged over a -- surface\"<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many artists of her era, MacIver often explored the realm of sleeping and dreams as an avenue into other consciousness and deeper truth. It is perhaps because of this focus that she was often, especially early on in her career, wrongfully categorized as a surrealist. 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