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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 | |
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 | |
The Golden State Entering New York Harbor 1854 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | GA | Anonymous | ||
Becalmed off Halfway Rock 1860 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | 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 | ||
View of the Battleground at Concord, Massachusetts ca. 1845 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | In gratitude to GOD, and in the love of Freedom, this monument was erected. A. D. 1836.' / (Inscription on the Monument)" | GA | Anonymous | |
View of Norwich, from the West Side of the River 1849 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Inscriptions: Engraved below image: at left, "Sketched from nature by, Lane"; at center, "Entered according to Act Congress in the year 1849 by A. Conant in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York"; and at right, "Lith. & Printed in Colors by Sarony & Major 117 Fulton St. New York." Engraved at lower center of... | GA | Anonymous | |
View of Gloucester from Brookbank, the Sawyer Homestead c. 1856 Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art Pittsburgh, PA | GA | Anonymous |
- Fitz Hugh Lane