Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Christmas Cove
Image View:
Detail, sunset over a distant small island
Creator:
Fitz Hugh Lane (American painter, 1804-1865)
Location:
repository: Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine, United States) 4.2013.6
Location Note:
7 Congress Square; Collection of Walter B. and Marcia F. Goldfarb
GPS:
43.653611-70.262222
Date:
1863 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Luminist; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
landscape; seascape; Boats and boating; Sun Rising and setting; sailboats; Maine coastline
Description:
One of the foremost masters of the Luminist style, Fitz Henry (Hugh) Lane began his career as a ship portraitist. Depicting twilight over an inlet in Maine's Midcoast region, Christmas Cove displays the subtly modulated colors and serene beauty of his mature seascapes. (Source: Portland Museum of Art (PMA) [website]; http://www.portlandm useum.org)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-LANEF-CC-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Christmas Cove