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Article: Poetry of the air: Thomas Moran's Lower Manhattan from Communipaw, New Jersey.(Biography)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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Thomas Moran is best known today for his paintings of the American West, particularly the Grand Canyon, and of Venice. But the rich colors of nature's rocks and the reflective qualities of Venetian canals were not his only triumphs. He also found beauty in the industrial landscapes on the Hudson River in New Jersey. His Lower Manhattan from Communipaw, New Jersey of 1880, illustrated here, highlights the drama of smoke-and-steam-filled skies over the New Jersey sugar refineries.
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Taking up the topic in 1879, Moran first sketched the refinery buildings, looking at them across the marshy flats; he them made an etching in which the ...
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