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Morning on the River
ca. 1911-191250 x 60 in. (127 x 152.4 cm)
Jonas Lie
United States (Oslo, Norway, 1880 - 1940, New York, NY)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of Ruth Sibley Gade in memory of James G. Averell
Accession Number:
1913.6
Location: Currently on view
Jonas Lie captures the new American landscape of industry and technology by painting the gritty underside of the Brooklyn Bridge.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
[Gallery label text, 2007]
Marks
Artist's signature, lower left: Jonas Lie
Provenance
Ruth Sibley Gade, Rochester, NY; her gift to the Gallery in 1913
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- 87th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design 3/9/1912 - 4/14/1912
- The Memorial Art Gallery: The Inaugural Exhibition Memorial Art Gallery 10/8/1913 - 10/29/1913
- Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings and of the Permanent Collection 6/29/1917 - 10/4/1917
- Works from MAG Permanent Collection at Eastman School of Music Memorial Art Gallery 5/10/1939 - 00/00/00
- From the Permanent Collection- The Working American Memorial Art Gallery 3/8/1980 - 4/6/1980
- I Love New York Sibley's 5/15/1983 - 5/21/1983
- Looking Back: A Perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition 10/8/1988 - 11/20/1988
- Ken Aptekar: Eye Contact Memorial Art Gallery 2/16/2002 - 4/21/2002
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Gallery Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Re-creation of Inaugural Show. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: September-October 1988. Page Number: 1
- Article Author: Berry, Rose V. S.. Article Title: Jonas Lie: The Man and His Art. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. The American Magazine of Art. New York, New York: American Federation of Arts Volume Number: XVI, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: February 1925. Page Number: 64, Figure Number: 59
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Lorinda Munson Bryant. American Pictures and Their Painters. New York, NY: John Lane Company, 1917.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Lorinda Munson Bryant. What Pictures to See In America. New York, NY: John Lane Company, 1915.
- Article Scope: Entry. The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester. : Published to Commemorate the Dedication of the Enlarged Gallery, November 9, 1926.. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1926.
- Article Scope: Entry. The Memorial Art Gallery: The Inaugural Exhibition. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1913.
- Article Author: Brinton, Christian. Article Title: Jonas Lie: A Study in Temperament. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. The American-Scandinavian Review. New York, NY: American-Scandinavian Foundation Volume Number: III, Issue Number: 4. Issue Date: July-August 1915. Page Number: 202, Figure Number: 201
- Article Title: A Norwegian Artist-Interpreter of America. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Current Literature. New York, NY: The Current Literature Publishing Company Volume Number: 52 Issue Date: February 1912. Page Number: 224, Figure Number: 222
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Title: Matters of Art: The Academy of Design's Spring Exhibition. Article Scope: Mention. New York Times. New York, NY: New York Times, 1857-. Issue Date: March 10, 1912. Page Number: A7
- Article Author: Galatti, Barbara Dayer. Article Title: Jonas Lie: Morning on the River. Article Scope: Chapter and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 168-170
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Richard Haw. Art of the Brooklyn Bridge: A Visual History. New York, NY: Routledge, 2008.
- Moskin, J. Robert. The Members of The Lotos Club: 1870 Through 2007. The Lotos Club
- Article Title: Annual Academy Display (Final Notice). Article Scope: Mention. American Art News. Volume Number: X, Issue Number: 24. Issue Date: March 23, 1912. Page Number: 3
- Article Author: Brinton, Christian. Article Title: Jonas Lie: A Study in Temperament. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. American-Scandinavian Review. New York, NY: American-Scandinavian Foundation Volume Number: 3, Issue Number: 4. Issue Date: July-August 1915. Page Number: 196-207, illustrated, p. 201
- Article Scope: Exhibition Checklist. 87th Annual Exhibition. New York, NY: National Academy of Design, 1912.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Kirsten Jensen. Oh Panama!: Jonas Lie Paints the Panama Canal. Yonkers, NY: Hudson River Museum, 2016.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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Seeing America Inservice
Materials from a teacher in-service presentation Spring 2008
Seeing America
Chapter on Jonas Lie's Morning on the River, written by Barbara Dayer Gallati.
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