Margery Eva Lang Hamilton
Heidi, 1934

OIL ON CANVAS, 64 x 70 ½ inches

Funded by a grant from the Public Works of Art Project of the Civil Works Administration

Lang’ choice of scenes from the Swiss author Johanna Spyri’s Heidi , like in her Hiawatha mural, emphasizes themes of innocence and peace in nature. The young orphan Heidi watches over her goats in a meadow among the Alps, while her friend Peter sits nearby. In a state of unrefined, uncorrupted bliss, Heidi is shielded from the evils of the modern world by the encircling mountains.