St. Anthony Falls as It Appeared in 1848 1855
henrylewis
minneapolisinstituteofart
painting, oil-paint, oil-on-canvas
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oil-paint
landscape
oil painting
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"St. Anthony Falls as It Appeared in 1848" is a landscape painting by Henry Lewis, completed in 1855. It depicts the iconic St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as it appeared before the city's rapid growth. Lewis, known for his panoramic views, captures the grandeur of the falls with their rushing waters and surrounding foliage. The painting features a lone figure in the foreground, adding a sense of scale and human presence to the scene. This work, now housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, serves as a historical record of a pivotal moment in the city's development.
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From 1846 to 1848, Lewis traveled up and down the Mississippi River making sketches for a huge panorama which he completed in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1849. Those sketches remained a creative wellspring for him, and in later years he made additional paintings based on them. He painted this view of St. Anthony Falls (in Minneapolis) while he was living in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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