The Hudson at the Tappan Zee

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Francis Augustus Silva American, 1835–1886. The Hudson at the Tappan Zee, 1876. Oil on canvas, 24 x 42 3/16 in. (61 x 107.1 cm) frame: 33 1/2 x 51 11/16 x 4 5/8 in. (85.1 x 131.3 x 11.7 cm) . Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 65.10. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 65.10_SL1.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
The Hudson at the Tappan Zee
Date
1876
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
24 x 42 3/16 in. (61 x 107.1 cm) frame: 33 1/2 x 51 11/16 x 4 5/8 in. (85.1 x 131.3 x 11.7 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "FRANCIS A. SILVA. / --'76"
Credit Line
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
65.10
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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Frequent Art Questions
What can you tell me about this artist?
Francis A. Silva began his painting career making signs but later became a fine artist and created paintings like these. He was interested in the subtleties of depicting light, which you can see in the sky in this painting of the Hudson River.Can you tell me about this?
In this painting, Francis A. Silva focuses on the ever-popular Hudson River. Silva was interested in depicting the subtleties of light, which you can see in how he painted the sky in "The Hudson at Tappan Zee."The trend of focusing on light in paintings is called Luminism. Painters working in a Luminist style in the 1870s were interested in the unique clarity of light. Many, like Silva here, painted landscapes or seascapes. I guess this could be called a riverscape!
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