High Bridge bei Nacht, New York

Amerikanische Malerei 1904–1911, um 1910/1920

A nearly square landscape with a bridge to our right and a person walking at the lower center is painted loosely in tones of pine, spruce, and sage green with a few touches of yellow, black, and brown. Along the bottom of the canvas, a walkway or road close to us leads back to blocky forms on either side of a gap, perhaps a staircase leading down or a walkway set below our level. Within that gap and shown from the thighs up on the far side of the dip, the person has light-toned skin and wears a dark coat and gray hat. They stoop as they walk to our left, facing that direction in profile. Three streetlights in this area glow yellow. A tree rises along the left side of the composition, and the bridge stretches from the right edge of the composition into the distance at the center of the painting. Tall arches hold up the high deck, which is lined with more streetlights. Touches of black paint could be people moving along the bridge. A low area beyond the person and under the bridge is hard to interpret. Painted with streaks of green, peanut brown, and cobalt blue, it could be water darkened by nighttime or a grassy expanse. Two tall, tower-like structures rise high above a few other buildings on the far side of the bridge. The sky is streaked with forest and turquoise green and topaz blue. The artist signed the lower right corner in red paint, “E. Lawson.”
Künstler
Amerikanische Malerei 1904–1911
Datierung
um 1910/1920
Gattung
Gemälde
Technik
Öl auf Leinwand
Maße
63,5 × 76,2 cm
Sammlung
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lizenz
Gemeinfrei, CC0

Bildbeschreibung

A nearly square landscape with a bridge to our right and a person walking at the lower center is painted loosely in tones of pine, spruce, and sage green with a few touches of yellow, black, and brown. Along the bottom of the canvas, a walkway or road close to us leads back to blocky forms on either side of a gap, perhaps a staircase leading down or a walkway set below our level. Within that gap and shown from the thighs up on the far side of the dip, the person has light-toned skin and wears a dark coat and gray hat. They stoop as they walk to our left, facing that direction in profile. Three streetlights in this area glow yellow. A tree rises along the left side of the composition, and the bridge stretches from the right edge of the composition into the distance at the center of the painting. Tall arches hold up the high deck, which is lined with more streetlights. Touches of black paint could be people moving along the bridge. A low area beyond the person and under the bridge is hard to interpret. Painted with streaks of green, peanut brown, and cobalt blue, it could be water darkened by nighttime or a grassy expanse. Two tall, tower-like structures rise high above a few other buildings on the far side of the bridge. The sky is streaked with forest and turquoise green and topaz blue. The artist signed the lower right corner in red paint, “E. Lawson.”

Amerikanische Malerei 1904–1911