Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Morning, Outskirts of Venice
Image View:
Detail, ships at center and the rising sun
Creator:
Thomas Moran (American painter, 1837-1926)
Location:
repository: Colby College Museum of Art (Waterville, Maine, United States) 2013.209
Location Note:
5600 Mayflower Hill; The Lunder Collection
GPS:
44.565-69.660833
Date:
1907 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
20 in (height) x 30 in (width)
Subjects:
cityscape; seascape; Sun Rising and setting; Venice
Description:
Following visits in 1886 and 1890, the range of themes Moran turned to regularly included Venice. The luminosity and tonal qualities in that body of work underscored Moran’s links to the methods of Turner, which he had studied during an 1862 trip to England. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-MORAN-CA-MOV-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Morning, Outskirts of Venice