This website was designed by Hannah A. Matangos, dual Ph.D. candidate in German Literature and Culture/Visual Studies; in consultation with Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Liberal Arts Professor of English; Christopher Reed, Distinguished Professor of English, Visual Culture, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Art History; and Joyce Henri Robinson, Assistant Director, Palmer Museum of Art.
Poetry credits:
Jane Rohrer, Life After Death, Sheep Meadow Press, 2002
Ibid., Acquiring Land, Cascadia Publishing House, 2020
Image credits:
Ordered by page and in order of appearance. All paintings are by Warren Rohrer.
Field: Language 8, 1991, oil on linen, 54 x 54 inches. Collection of Paul W. and Judy S. Ware
Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Christopher Reed, and Joyce Henri Robinson (eds.), Field Language: The Painting and Poetry of Warren and Jane Rohrer catalogue cover courtesy of the Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020
Field: Language 3, 1990, oil on linen, 60 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery
Barley, 1972, oil on canvas, 54 x 54 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest, 2019-90-1
Passport photo of Jane Rohrer, 1972. Courtesy of the Rohrer Family
Portrait taken for the wedding of Warren and Jane, November 24, 1948. Courtesy of the Rohrer Family
Portrait of Warren Rohrer, c. 1954. Courtesy of the Rohrer Family
Portrait of Warren and Jane Rohrer in the studio at Lower Cogslea. Courtesy of Locks Gallery. Photograph by Joseph Hu
Portrait of Jane Rohrer, 2020. Photo by Ann Hostetler
Yellow Yellow, 1992–93, oil on linen, 48 1⁄4 × 48 1⁄4 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery
From Black 4, 1979, oil on linen, 60 × 60 inches Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. Gift of Mrs. William A. Chapman (Dorothy Russell, Class of 1937), 1980.43
Settlement: Magenta, 1980, oil on canvas, 72 1/6 × 72 1/8 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with funds contributed by Henry Strater and Marion Boulton Stroud, 1982-46-1
Untitled Text Drawing, pen and black ink and colored pencil on paper, 10 5/8 x 8 ¼ inches (sheet, folded). Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II, 2016
Untitled 3, 1993, oil on linen, diptych, each panel 66 1/8 × 66 1/8 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery
Penn State historical marker about the university’s art education program, courtesy of Google Images
Under the Bridge, 1955, exhibited at the 1955 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting
Untitled, 1957, oil on panel, 10 × 16 inches. Courtesy of Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia
Suns of Buffalo Run, c. 1959, oil on canvas, 34 1⁄4 × 36 inches Woodmere Art Museum, Museum purchase, 2017.21
Unknown maker, Pennsylvania German, Painted Rocking Horse, c. 1900, wood, paint, and leather, 20 × 39 × 12 inches. Landis Valley Farm Museum, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Unknown maker, Pennsylvania German, Decorated Chest (detail), c. 1900, wood and hand-painted faux graining, 20 1⁄2 × 63 × 17 1⁄4 inches. Muddy Creek Farm Library
Shaped Panel: Two Clouds, 1969, oil on plywood, 25 1⁄2 × 32 1⁄2 × 1⁄4 inches. Warren Rohrer Estate
Amish 5, 1975, oil on linen, 66 × 66 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery
Unknown maker, probably Lancaster County, Center Square Quilt, c. 1900, 80 3⁄4 × 80 3⁄4 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rohrer, 1982.136.1
Unknown maker, Amish, probably Lancaster County, Bars Quilt, 1887, 82 × 771⁄4 inches. Collection of the Rohrer Family
Fields: Amish I, 1974, oil on linen, 60 1⁄4 × 60 1⁄4 inches. Allentown Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Charles McCrae, 1977 (1977.37)
Aerial photograph, Lichty’s Mennonite Church vicinity, East Earl, PA, 1976. Courtesy John L. Ruth
Photograph of Warren’s field by Douglas Witmer
Cipher, 1988, oil on linen, 36 x 36 inches. Private collection
Jane Rohrer, Acquiring Land book cover courtesy of Cascadia Publishing House, 2020
Jane Rohrer, Life After Death book cover courtesy of Sheep Meadow Press, 2002
Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Christopher Reed, and Joyce Henri Robinson (eds.), Field Language: The Painting and Poetry of Warren and Jane Rohrer catalogue cover courtesy of the Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020
Header images:
Fields: Amish I, 1974, oil on linen, 60 1⁄4 × 60 1⁄4 inches. Allentown Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Charles McCrae, 1977 (1977.37)
Field: Language 8, 1991, oil on linen, 54 × 54 inches. Collection of Paul W. and Judy S. Ware
Untitled, 1992, oil on linen, 16 x 16 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery
Yellow Yellow, 1992–93, oil on linen, 48 1⁄4 × 48 1⁄4 inches. Courtesy of Locks Gallery