Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Acoma
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Acoma
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Thomas Moran (American painter, 1837-1926)
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Location:
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repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.211
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Location Note:
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5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
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GPS:
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+44.565-69.660833
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Date:
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1902 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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20 in (height) x 30 in (width)
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Subjects:
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landscape; Native North Americans; American West; mesa
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Description:
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An assignment to provide magazine illustrations for an article on the Yellowstone Territory inspired Moran to request travel with an 1871 expedition to that region. In 1872 geologists used his watercolor studies of Yellowstone to successfully argue for Congressional legislation protecting the area as the first national park. Moran made many journeys to study scenic motifs, with some travels sponsored by the railroad companies who were impressed with the way his art celebrated the newly opening far West. Acoma is a 365 feet (111 m) mesa, about 60 miles (97 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico; the Acoma Pueblo sits on top. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-MORAN-CA-AC-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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