Winter Scene in Brooklyn
Oil On Canvas
WallArt
Realism
1820
19th Century
147.0 x 269.0 cm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
This painting presents a view of daily life in Brooklyn, New York. Francis Guy painted the busy intersection of Front, James, and Fulton Streets from the window of his second-floor studio. To capture the architecture and receding space, Guy placed gauze in front of his window and “traced” the scene with chalk, then transferred the sketch onto his canvas.The people he portrayed were his neighbors. An anonymous African American laborer cuts wood in the foreground, while at left, a butcher named Jacob Patchen strolls along carrying a leg of mutton, and carpenter Benjamin Meeker stands at center, holding a square and measuring pole.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art(Bentonville, アメリカ合衆国)
アーカンソー州ベントンビルにあるクリスタルブリッジズ美術館で、素晴らしいアメリカ美術を鑑賞!無料入場、フランク・ロイド・ライトのツアー、息をのむオザーク山地の景色が待っています。
作品詳細
- 作品名: Winter Scene in Brooklyn
- 作家: francis calderon guy
- 制作年: 1820
- 作品サイズ: 147.0 x 269.0 cm
- 技法: Panoramic
- 著作権の状態: パブリックドメイン
- 展示場所: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- 技法・素材: Oil On Canvas
- 時代: 19th Century
- コーパスの文脈: realist street scenes , early american landscape