And The Sun Went Down (Arizona Desert)

Referred to as "America's sky painter," Groll was born and raised in New York City and studied art in Europe for several years. On a trip to Arizona in 1904, he met Lorenzo Hubbell, who owned the Ganado Trading Post. One of Groll's paintings from that trip won a gold medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1906. He subsequently wrote to Hubbell, saying that the paintings had "made a decided hit, both artistically and financially; in fact, my visit to the Southwest has been my lucky star."