Felix Ruvolo (1912-1992) 
Morning, circa 1940 
oil on canvas, 39 3/4 by 29 1/2 inches 
Illinois State Museum collection

What mood do you feel in this painting? 

How does the choice of colors give this painting its mood? 

What has the artist done in drawing the figure than enhances the mood?

Felix Ruvolo exhibited in the Chicago Artists Annual exhibitions of 1934-36, 1938-44, and 1946-48, where he won awards in 1942, 1946, and 1947. He also exhibited in the Watercolor Annuals of 1938, 1940-44, 1946, and 1949, and in the American Annuals of 1937, 1938, 1940-43, 1945, and 1947.