Dimensions 13 7/8 x 19 13/16 in. (35.24 x 50.32 cm) (sight)24 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (62.23 x 77.47 cm) (outer frame)
This watercolor painting of Venice was done by Thomas Moran in 1902. It's all soft blues and oranges, like a memory fading into the mist. I can imagine him standing there, maybe a bit chilly, trying to capture the way the light hits the water. You know, how it dances and shifts, never quite still. It’s like he’s chasing after something just out of reach, that perfect shimmer. And look how he layers the colors, thin washes building up to create depth. There's something about the looseness of it that feels so human, so full of feeling. Like he’s not just painting a picture, but trying to bottle a whole mood, a whole experience. Moran’s always playing with light and atmosphere, and you can see echoes of Turner in his work. It's like they're both reaching for that same ephemeral beauty. Painting, it’s a way to keep the conversation going, artist to artist, across time.
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Splashes of fiery red, oranges, and yellow erupt on the left of Thomas Moran’s view of Venice, Italy. He was enchanted from his first trip to the city and it became his primary rejuvenating source of inspiration. He wrote to his wife, Mary: "Venice is all, and more, than travelers have reported of it. It is wonderful." Moran was sensitive to how the changing quality of light affected the color range in sky and water, as well as the reflected tones that illuminate the building facades.
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