The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1878
(American, 1824–1879)
America, 19th century
charcoal and brush and charcoal wash; framing lines in charcoal
Sheet: 27.5 x 42.9 cm (10 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.); Image: 26.7 x 42.1 cm (10 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. G. Tappan Francis 1943.326
Location: not on view

Description

Hunt studied with the famous French painter of peasant scenes, Jean-Francois Millet (1814–1875), and played a major role in introducing the loose brushwork of advanced French painting into American art. In 1878, only a year before his tragic suicide, Hunt visited Niagara Falls. There he produced a remarkable group of pastels, charcoal drawings, and paintings in which the physical particulars of the scene appear to dissolve into a near-abstract pattern of water and mist.
  • American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."
    William Morris Hunt: A Memorial Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (June 26-August 26, 1979).
  • {{cite web|title=Niagara Falls|url=false|author=William Morris Hunt|year=1878|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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