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Painting
View of Venice
Venetian Scene
Thomas Moran, 1837 - 1926
Moran, Thomas
United States
1837 - 1926
Male
19 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (50.2 x 62.2 cm)
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Oil
1890
1890
1890
1800-1900, 19th century, boats, paintings, seascapes, Venice, Italy
Painting
Thomas Moran was an adventurous landscape painter who traveled far and wide in search of compelling views. He accompanied the first government-sponsored expedition to Yellowstone, shortly before it became a national park, and his drawings and watercolors from that expedition formed the basis for dramatic paintings of western views. In 1886, he journeyed to Venice, where his watercolors captured views of lagoons and picturesque buildings. These sketches formed the basis of immensely popular studio paintings like the one hanging here.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Venice was a favored Old World destination for many American writers and painters, including Mark Twain, Henry James, and James MacNeill Whistler. However, Moran's work probably had the greatest impact on Americans' awareness of La Serenissima (the most serene), a fond nickname for Venice.
[Gallery label text, 2004]
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