“Executed twenty years after his first visit in 1886, the present work is further evidence of his prolonged interest in Venetian subject matter. Enthralled by the colors and light of this Italian city, Moran often anchored his Venetian subjects with recognizable architecture. The white domes of Santa Maria della Salute, along with the campanile of…
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The Painting That Inspired a National Park
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Thomas Moran: Grand Canyon
“Thomas Moran first visited the Grand Canyon in 1873 alongside famed explorer John Wesley Powell. The breathtaking views of the vast chasm undoubtedly captured the artist’s attention, as he would revisit the natural site on multiple occasions throughout his life and even wrote, “Of all places on earth the great canyon of Arizona is the…
Frederic Edwin Church: Cotopaxi (1862)
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Peled and Popper: Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano
“From his new dwelling overlooking the Hudson River, Church captured in his paintings the seasonal changes in the landscape. Autumn, from the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, was painted for his great friend and patron William Henry Osborn (1820‒1894), the owner of Castle Rock, a stone-built castle on the banks of the Hudson River. Church and Osborn shared…
Asher B. Durand: Kindred Spirits
Learn More “Kindred Spirits” at wikiwand Asher B. Durand at wikiwand See More This work at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art View high resolution images: Dr. Mindy Besaw, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Steven Zucker, “Asher B. Durand, Kindred Spirits,” in Smarthistory, November 3, 2022, accessed January 30, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/asher-b-durand-kindred-spirits/….
Autumn in Paintings
“This monumental view of the Hudson River Valley was painted from memory in the artist’s London studio. Cropsey adopted a high vantage point, looking southeast toward the distant Hudson River and the flank of Storm King Mountain. A small stream leads from the foreground, where three hunters and their dogs gaze into the sunlight. All…
At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 