Description
Watercolor was the ideal medium for the late nineteenth-century landscape painter Thomas Moran, a follower of the British painter J. M. W. Turner who was drawn to dramatic natural features in places such as Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. In this view of the lagoon and central buildings constructed for the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893—an extravagant, nationalistic salute to the westward advance of "civilization"—Moran bathed the scene in the glowing colors of a vivid sunset and violet shadows that might have seemed extreme if rendered in oils.
Descriptive medium: Transparent watercolor with opaque white highlights and graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
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Image Licence
No known copyright restrictions
Image Credit
Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum
Location
Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Country
USA
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
The World's Columbian Exposition, or Chicago World's Fair, was held between 1 May and 30 October 1893.
