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![]() | Becalmed off Halfway Rock 1860 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Castine from Hospital Island 1855 Harvard University Art Museums Cambridge, MA | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Fishing Party 1850 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay 1863 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | ![]() Despite its meticulous draftsmanship and precise detail, Lane's work is far more than a simple inventory of harbor activity. The diminutive figures and carefully rendered vessels remain secondary to the vast expanse of sky, where shimmering light creates a tranquil, idyllic mood. Lane's rarefied landscapes epitomize man's harmonious union with the... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | New York Harbor 1852 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Off Mount Desert Island 1856 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Pretty Marsh, Mt. Desert Island 1850s Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, ME | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Ship Starlight c. 1860 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | ![]() A painter of ships and marine views for all of his life, Fitz Hugh Lane has created, in Ship Starlight, one of the magical images of his late career | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | Shipping in Downeast Waters 1854 Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland, ME | GA | Anonymous | |
![]() | Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor 1862 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | ![]() between the meticulously painted foreground and the sheer plane of water to the horizon, this work marks the transition to Lane's final, taut, elemental style. The painting's almost surreal stillness and pink and golden glow create a hermetic, elegiac mood found in many of Lane's late works. | GA | Anonymous |
- Fitz Hugh Lane