You know the old saying “January showers bring February flowers,” or at least that’s what the phrase should be this year according to Punxsutawney Phil. The famous groundhog did not see his shadow this morning, which means we should be in for an early spring. If the warm weather we’ve been experiencing in Dallas is any indication of Phil’s accuracy, we’ll see spring scenes like the ones below in no time.
Vincent van Gogh, River Bank in Springtime, 1887, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McDermott in memory of Arthur Berger 1961.99
Edward G. Eisenlohr, Spring Fields at Grand Prairie, n.d., oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McClure 1960.77
Edward G. Eisenlohr, Spring Thaw, c. 1943, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, Lida Hooe Memorial Fund 1945.17
Julian Onderdonk, Springtime, 1901, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Edwin J. Kiest 1904.1
Julian Onderdonk, Untitled (Field of Bluebonnets), 1918-1920, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, bequest of Margaret M. Ferris 1990.153
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